[Openspace] opening my shape file

[Darla Munroe]

the first thing to do is check the format of your ID variable - it needs not to have decimal places.

Another easy thing to do is go back in ArcMap, open the table, add a new variable (called NID or something), and set its value equal to "FID + 1" - FID is the internal numbering system for ArcGIS, and it starts with 0, so you have to add one.

Anyway - I've had those problems in GeoDa before - I think it's just a formatting issue, and when in doubt, create a new id.

----- Original Message -----
From: Debra Hevenstone <dhevenst at umich.edu>
Date: Saturday, November 20, 2004 4:55 pm
Subject: [Openspace] opening my shape file

> I have two files- a shape file w/ point data on zip codes and a 
> anotherfile w/ my data by zipcode. When I try to open my shp file 
> it tells me
> "zip" (my variable of interest) "is not unique"
> 
> I'm not quite sure what to do- I did my descriptives in arcview but
> there's analysis I need to do either in Geoda or get the spatial 
> analystextension from my university. Any clues as to why I can 
> load my shp files
> in arcview but not in Geoda?
> 
> Thanks,
> Debra Hevenstone
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