[R-sig-Geo] Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver

[Bede-Fazekas Ákos]

Dear Milu,
ESRI shapefile format cannot contain field names longer than 10 
characters. So you should do one of the following options:
- choose other file format when saving the data,
- rename the columns of the sf object before saving.

HTH,
Ákos Bede-Fazekas
Hungarian Academy of Sciences


2020.04.19. 17:37 keltezéssel, Miluji Sb írta:
> Greetings,
>
> i am trying to export a shapefile using the following command;
>
> st_write(weight.sf, "weight.shp, driver="ESRI Shapefile")
>
> But getting the following warning;
>
> 1: In abbreviate_shapefile_names(obj) :
>    Field names abbreviated for ESRI Shapefile driver
>
> The variable names have the following pattern; "weight_2010" but
> become like this "w__201". How can I preserve field/variable names? Thank
> you.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Milu
>
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