The ESRI SHP format seems to surround me everywhere I look. If I could just read in that darned SHP data all my worries and base layers would be solved?
And MapInfo has a nifty data in-porter. Sounds simple? Over the years I have discovered some essential truths primarily in that you sort-of-only needed two files a SHP and an associated DBF. The DBF contains a data structure and a SHP that reveals a mapping object. Then punch the Universal Translator engine and moments later conversion had occurred... Most of the time. Most of the time because for those shipping SHP data around telepathic powers became necessary to reveal the projection metadata of these DBF/SHP pairs. No more accurate misplacement... If you only knew the exact projection of the original data. Since ArcGIS8.x, I understand that there is now a third file, the PRJ or projection format that should help automate the direct spatial reference of these files? If so is this PRJ file the missing metadata file for the DBF/SHP duo? Should we generate these PRJ files whenever we export a TAB2SHP? MidNight Mapper --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 9719
