ESRI's shapefile to Matlab

Question

I am looking for a function to read/write points, lines and polygons from ESRI's shapefile format (as used in Arcview) for use in Matlab

Answer 1

From the Matlab mapping toolbox, use the shaperead function

For example download the NOAA Interstate Highway shape file here, extract and then read data into Matlab using the function, S = shaperead('in101503.shp');