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| Subject: | RE: [gislist] Is the SHP format defacto a public standard? |
| Date: |
12/03/2004 02:15:01 AM |
| From: |
Neil Havermale |
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Yes, I and most in the industry are aware of this 1998 definition. It
interesting to note that document you suggest is copyrighted as well as
licensed and specifically not for passing around but I will assume that
since I was allowed to download from the ESRI-hosted link you provided it
its sort of OK? Thanks for re-sharing their links.
Given the reality that the definitional document is licensed and that "The
information contained in this document is subject to change without notice"
I was wondering about the newest addition to the defined SHP, SHX, and DBF
file set, the PRJ file? Are you aware if there is an "open" definition for
the PRJ file as well? Further, I was wondering about how to particularly
ask those on ArcGIS systems for sufficient metadata to allow the format,
projection, and datum and other relevant stuff to be hopefully self
explaining?
I am not attempting to rub anyone raw on this, its just I am frustrated in
the endless "almost works" result I fear every time I need to absorb the
apparently semi-open SHP standard? Are there any "open source" solutions
providing reliable access to the world's data captured into the SHP
format(s)?
neil
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From: Ilya Grinblat [mailto:ilyagrin2004@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 4:35 PM
To: gislist@lists.geocomm.com
Cc: neilh@redhensystems.com
Subject: Re: [gislist] Is the SHP format defacto a public standard?
Yes
www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf
<http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf>
http://www.esri.com/software/opengis/openpdf.html
<http://www.esri.com/software/opengis/openpdf.html>
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