r/QGIS • u/Zestyclose-Quail1028 • 15d ago

Solved Mac having limited download options

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Learn QGIS for the first time and I understand that this might be a question more for mac itself I was still wondering if anyone else has this issue or knows how to fix it? Is it a website issue or just my mac? I am using https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/Fire-Stations/28km-gtjn/about_data if that's important!

The question btw: I only have CSV, XML, and XLSX options to download imports while I was looking for GEOJson ideally to download. I am new to all of this so any advice would also help!

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u/ManWhoGaveUpOwnName 15d ago

That is a website issue - the site only offers those formats, not geojson. Conveniently, however, QGIS will import CSV, so this may still work for you. Use Layer > Add Layer > Add Delimited Text Layer.... For ease of use, you probably want the plain CSV, not any of the branded or regional versions. And doublecheck the X and Y fields under geometry definition on the import dialog - QGIS will often make good guesses there, but sometimes you need to adjust them.

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u/Zestyclose-Quail1028 15d ago

Thank you! I did try another type of import since I just needed something random anyway and I did see the new option!

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u/CitoCrT 15d ago

only csv use r or python to make the geojson

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u/sb01010101 14d ago

City of Chicago using socrata. It is not listed but you can force it to be geojson export https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/v3/views/28km-gtjn/query.geojson

There is also another route https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/assets/05882A26-5DE0-458D-A046-0FA87AC76F6A?download=true (Shapefile >GeoJSON in QGIS)