Maybe you could import this file into excel and export it as a csv, so that you can specify csv as the "source" file; then you can use ogrinfo myfile.csv to get some infos on it.
> -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: UMN MapServer Users List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Ryan Ollerenshaw > Inviato: venerdì 8 settembre 2006 17.11 > A: [email protected] > Oggetto: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ASCII and Shapefile > > > P Kishor wrote: > > ogr2ogr > > > Looks like ogr2ogr needs a specific format. > > > ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" -a_srs epsg:4326 output thick08.csv > FAILURE: > Unable to open datasource `thick08.ps' with the following drivers. > -> ESRI Shapefile > -> MapInfo File > -> UK .NTF > -> SDTS > -> TIGER > -> S57 > -> DGN > -> VRT > -> AVCBin > -> REC > -> Memory > -> CSV > -> GML > -> PostgreSQL > > My file just looks like this: > 0.00 90.00 -1.41 6.12 > 1.00 90.00 -1.41 6.12 > 2.00 90.00 -1.41 6.12 > 3.00 90.00 -1.41 6.12 > 4.00 90.00 -1.41 6.12 > 5.00 90.00 -1.41 6.12 > ..... > ..... > > Any help would be great > > On 9/7/06, Ryan Ollerenshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there a way to go from an ASCII file to a Shapefile? I have a > >> file that contains a list of lat/long coordinates and > there values at > >> each point, and i know what the projection will, be so is there a > >> way to create a shapefile from and ASCII file if the projection is > >> known? > >>
