topic Re: Problems with shapefiles and KML in SAS Enterprise Guide https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problems-with-shapefiles-and-KML/m-p/182472#M13993 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are a lot of free tools to convert KML to SHP files out there, use one of those and then come back to your original problem. </P><P></P><P>SAS also has built in maps for many countries, so another question is do you even need to use the SHP file in the first place?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:26:31 GMT Reeza 2014-10-13T18:26:31Z Problems with shapefiles and KML https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problems-with-shapefiles-and-KML/m-p/182471#M13992 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello everyone, I have some shapefiles from Brazil map and I want to merge then with some stats to create a heat map or anything like that. I found a lot of tutorials with examples on how to work with .kml files and SAS but I only have the SAS Enterprise Guide and the codes provided by the authors doenst seem to work, someone could help me with some tutorial? Thanks in advance!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 17:15:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problems-with-shapefiles-and-KML/m-p/182471#M13992 phelipegp 2014-10-13T17:15:27Z Re: Problems with shapefiles and KML https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problems-with-shapefiles-and-KML/m-p/182472#M13993 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There are a lot of free tools to convert KML to SHP files out there, use one of those and then come back to your original problem. </P><P></P><P>SAS also has built in maps for many countries, so another question is do you even need to use the SHP file in the first place?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:26:31 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problems-with-shapefiles-and-KML/m-p/182472#M13993 Reeza 2014-10-13T18:26:31Z Re: Problems with shapefiles and KML https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problems-with-shapefiles-and-KML/m-p/182473#M13994 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The built-in maps that SAS provides don't always have the same detailed boundaries that are appropriate for the detailed reporting you might want to do for a locality.&nbsp; That was the <A href="http://http//blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2011/08/30/using-3rd-party-shape-files-to-build-map-charts-in-sas/">inspiration behind my Australia example</A>.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>Still, it might be worth it to visit <A href="http://support.sas.com/rnd/datavisualization/mapsonline/index.html">SAS MapsOnline</A> to see if there are updates you can use.</P><P></P><P>Chris</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:32:50 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problems-with-shapefiles-and-KML/m-p/182473#M13994 ChrisHemedinger 2014-10-13T18:32:50Z Re: Problems with shapefiles and KML https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problems-with-shapefiles-and-KML/m-p/182474#M13995 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>geocommons.com will allow you to convert KML to SHP</P><P>depending on size of your files of course <img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.sas.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></P><P></P><P>EDIT: I was reading your question backwards, KML -&gt;SHP rather than SHP-&gt;KML but the geocommons website will still accomplish either conversion. </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:04:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Problems-with-shapefiles-and-KML/m-p/182474#M13995 Reeza 2014-10-13T19:04:58Z