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Which open-source java-library provides an easy way to read and write ESRI Shapefiles?

For a project I need to read and write ESRI shapefiles. It should be very easy, as I don't need advanced features. Is something out there? ...

How does a SHX-file work?

If you have geographic data stored in ESRI shapes, you have at least three files: one ending with .shp containing the vector-data, one ending with .dbf containing attributes and a file ending with .shx containing an index. I'm interested in the shx-file. How does it work? Does it contain a complete mapping, like 'first geometry maps to ...

convert a shapefile (.shp) to xml/json

hi, i'm working with a shapefile (.shp, .dbf, etc) and would like to convert it to xml. i'm on a mac, and am having trouble finding an application that will help me with the conversion. does anyone know of a method for converting this file format into an xml file? thanks ...

cretaing SHP from SQL

Is it possible convert sql to shp file using pgsql2shp without shell. Through some sql (postgis, postgresql) syntax? ...

Split or save a subset of a ESRI Shape SHP file to a new file?

I'm working with shape files in GeoDjango. Right now I'm trying to write a test for code that loads in a shape file and saves it to a database. The shape file currently has a feature count of 64,118. I'd like to reduce this to a handful so the test can quickly load it and confirm everything is right. Since shape files aren't in a tex...

How to labele data when creating SHP from SQL?

I am using shell_exec("pgsql2shp.exe ....")in PHP and I got shp file but without labeled points (data) when visualizing..What I need is points with labeled data (names of points) as I can do in ArcMap. Thank you. ...

.shp file for generating maps

i got all these files from customer i was able to generate map using shp file alone i converted shp --> kml and viewed in google map what do i do of prj and dbf file. how do they contribute in map generation please help ...

shp files in .net and convert to kml

Hi, I am working on application with maps in .net. I want to read shp files in .net and convert to kml I dont want tool , I need dll or code so that I can do it at run time. Can you help me on same Regards, Rahul M ...

Shape file to wavefront .obj cad format

Hi there, I wonder if you know of a way to convert a shape file to a wavefront .obj 3d object? (eg using a height field) I need to be able to do this in C# but can leverage code in other libraries. Any advice appreciated Thanks ...