ESRI Shapefile - FileUnbuffered: Error in Read

Question

Hey,

I'm getting the following error when trying to load a big (2.4 GB) ESRI shapefile.

Unfortunately the last bit is in the system language but it roughly translates to "The parameter is not correct"/"The parameter is not appropriate"

Any idea why that may be? I tried increasing the dedicated sort/join memory usage to 4GB

Access the .shp file here.

StephenRuhl · Accepted Answer

A shapefile has a maximum filesize of 2 GB.  It is likely that it is corrupted if there is more than 2 GB in it.