Shapefile - Revision history

AndyJackson: /* Format documentation */

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‎Format documentation

AndyJackson: /* Sample files */ Dexvert samples appear to have reclassified as images

2026-04-22T09:17:25Z

‎Sample files: Dexvert samples appear to have reclassified as images

AndyJackson: /* Sample files */

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‎Sample files

Sembiance: Added samples

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Jsummers: Category:Esri

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Category:Esri

Jsummers at 15:37, 27 April 2018

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Jsummers at 15:13, 15 June 2016

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Jsummers at 15:46, 12 March 2016

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Dan Tobias: /* Metaformat files */

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‎Metaformat files

Dan Tobias at 20:42, 31 January 2015

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 == Format documentation ==
 * [http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf ESRI Shapefile Technical Description] ESRI, July 1998
 == Metaformat files ==

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 == Sample files ==
-* {{DexvertSamples|poly/esriShape}}
+* {{DexvertSamples|image/esriShape}}
 * [https://gis-pdx.opendata.arcgis.com/ City of Portland Open GeoData]

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 == Sample files ==
 * {{DexvertSamples|poly/esriShape}}
 == See also ==

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 == Software ==
 * [http://www.osgeo.org/gdal_ogr Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL/OGR)] Cross platform C++ translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats
 == See also ==

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 |pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/235}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/277}}
 }}
-The '''Shapefile''' from ESRI is a proprietary but openly documented and widely used geospatial vector format.  A shapefile can store a collection of geospatial features (points, lines, and/or polygons) together with attribute details (such as labels and associated measurements) for the features.  A shapefile is actually a cluster of files, which share an 8-character filename, but use different extensions.  A shapefile consists minimally of a main file, an index file, and a [[DBF|dBASE]] table (.shp, .shx, and .dbf). The cluster of files is typically stored in the same file directory or project workspace. The main file (.shp) contains the primary geographic reference data in the shapefile.  The .dbf file (in dBase format) stores the attribute data.  The .shx file is a positional index to features in the .shp file.
+The '''Shapefile''' from [[ESRI]] is a proprietary but openly documented and widely used geospatial vector format.  A shapefile can store a collection of geospatial features (points, lines, and/or polygons) together with attribute details (such as labels and associated measurements) for the features.  A shapefile is actually a cluster of files, which share an 8-character filename, but use different extensions.  A shapefile consists minimally of a main file, an index file, and a [[DBF|dBASE]] table (.shp, .shx, and .dbf). The cluster of files is typically stored in the same file directory or project workspace. The main file (.shp) contains the primary geographic reference data in the shapefile.  The .dbf file (in dBase format) stores the attribute data.  The .shx file is a positional index to features in the .shp file.
 == Format documentation ==

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 |formattype=electronic
 |subcat=Geospatial
-|extensions={{ext|shp}} {{ext|shx}} {{ext|dbf}}
+|extensions={{ext|shp}}, {{ext|shx}}, {{ext|dbf}}
 |locfdd={{LoCFDD|fdd000280}}, {{LoCFDD|fdd000326}}
-|pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/235}}
+|pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/235}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/277}}
 }}
 The '''Shapefile''' from ESRI is a proprietary but openly documented and widely used geospatial vector format.  A shapefile can store a collection of geospatial features (points, lines, and/or polygons) together with attribute details (such as labels and associated measurements) for the features.  A shapefile is actually a cluster of files, which share an 8-character filename, but use different extensions.  A shapefile consists minimally of a main file, an index file, and a [[DBF|dBASE]] table (.shp, .shx, and .dbf). The cluster of files is typically stored in the same file directory or project workspace. The main file (.shp) contains the primary geographic reference data in the shapefile.  The .dbf file (in dBase format) stores the attribute data.  The .shx file is a positional index to features in the .shp file.
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 == Metaformat files ==
-* [https://www.synalysis.net/Grammars/shp.grammar Synalysis grammar file for SHP] (for Hexinator / Synalize It!; [[Synalysis grammar file|more details]])
+* {{Synalysis|shp|Synalysis grammar file for SHP}}
-* [https://www.synalysis.net/Grammars/shx.grammar Synalysis grammar file for SHX] (for Hexinator / Synalize It!; [[Synalysis grammar file|more details]])
+* {{Synalysis|shx|Synalysis grammar file for SHX}}
 == Software ==
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 * [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000280.shtml ESRI Shapefile, from Library of Congress resource on Sustainability of Digital Formats]
 * [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000326.shtml dBASE Table for ESRI Shapefile (DBF), from Library of Congress resource on Sustainability of Digital Formats]