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check .shp files

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Mackan100

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Are there any possible way to open and check how the .shp file looks, i've read that there should be some space before and after the coordinates, but i've try to open it in note pad and its make no sense to me?:confused:
 
Shapefiles are binary, not ASCII files. That's why they can't be opened in Notepad.

There are a few free tools to open shapefiles:
Mapwindow GIS: http://www.mapwindow.org/
Quantum GIS: http://www.qgis.org/

Mapwindow is much more cool, IMHO.
For some reason, they won't open the example shapefiles supplied with the SDK. Those seem to have a slight difference in 'flavour' that some GIS tools don't like, though ArcGIS opens them just fine.

Rafael
 
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