shapefile

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ArcView's format for storing the location, shape, and attribute information of geographic features
Editable spatial database format generated in ESRI's desktop software application called ArcView Editable spatial database format generated in ESRI's desktop software application called ArcView
A set of files that contain a set of points, arcs, or polygons (or features) that hold tabular data and a spatial location This file format is used in ArcView software - A set of files that contain a set of points, arcs, or polygons (or features) that hold tabular data and a spatial location This file format is used in ArcView software
wb_list shp
stores nontopological geometry and attribute information for the spatial features in a data set The geometry for a feature is stored as a shape comprising a set of vector coordinates Shapefiles handle single features that overlap or that are noncontiguous Shapefiles can support point, line and area features