[okfn-help] Opening XLS file of emissions data sources?

Tue Aug 4 15:13:05 BST 2009

Have scraped URLs which are now here:

  http://wiki.okfn.org/OpenEnvironmentalData/DatabaseOfEmissionsData

Jonathan

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Jonathan Gray<jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> Many thanks for having a go at this Nick!
>
> I will try and get hold of another less weird copy!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Nick Stenning<nick at whiteink.com> wrote:
>> I'm afraid it appears well and truly gefuggered. Real Excel says:
>>
>> "<Filename> cannot be accessed: The file may be read-only, or you may
>> be trying to access a read-only location. Or, the server the document
>> is stored on may not be responding."
>>
>> I've tried opening it with antixls also without luck. There's
>> definitely *some* data in there, as testified by `strings` (output
>> linked below, in case anyone can do magic with it).
>>
>> http://files.getdropbox.com/u/171123/emissions_strings.txt
>>
>> My guess would be it's been opened off a remote server, and there's
>> some knack to getting a proper *copy* rather than a reference, which
>> has been missed. Maybe.
>>
>> Sorry I couldn't help!
>>
>> -N
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:00, Jonathan Gray<jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> I've attached an XLS file of emissions data sources to:
>>>
>>>  http://wiki.okfn.org/OpenEnvironmentalData?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Database+of+emissions+data+sources.xls
>>>  http://wiki.okfn.org/OpenEnvironmentalData#Todo
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I'm unable to open it - either in Open Office or in Google Docs.
>>>
>>> Can anyone else open it? If so it would be great to put contents in a
>>> Google Doc, or to re-upload the file in a different format!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>
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>>
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> Jonathan Gray
>
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