[R-sig-Geo] to many characters in .dbf file?

[Michael Denslow]

Hi Roger!

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>
> The OGR driver truncates (I think to 254 characters), so use
> writeSpatialShape() in maptools instead, passing your large number through
> the max_nchar= argument. Please read the details in ?write.dbf - field
> widths above 254 are not portable.

writeSpatialShape() worked for me. The file was read by Geoserver with
the extra text as well.

Thanks!
Michael



> Roger
>
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>> Any advice?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Michael
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