cgivre commented on a change in pull request #1858: DRILL-4303: ESRI Shapefile 
(shp) Format Plugin
URL: https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/1858#discussion_r338106359
 
 

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+# Format Plugin for ESRI Shape Files
+This format plugin allows Drill to read ESRI Shape files. You can read about 
the shapefile format here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile. 
+
+## Configuration Options
+Other than the file extensions, there are no configuration options for this 
plugin. To use, simply add the following to your configuration:
+
+```
+    "shp": {
+      "type": "shp",
+      "extensions": [
+        "shp"
+      ]
+    }
+```
+
+## Usage Notes:
+This plugin will return the following fields:
+
+* `gid`:  Integer
+* `srid`:  Integer
+* `shapeType`:  String
+* `name`:  Plain text 
+* `geom`:  A geometric point or path.  This field is returned as a `VARBINARY`.
+
+This plugin is best used with the suite of GIS functions in Drill which 
include the following:
+
+<h1>Geospatial Functions</h1>
 
 Review comment:
   Yup.  Fixed

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