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Esri Shape Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

SHAPE

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Base

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

Directory or File

Feature Type

File base name

Typical File Extensions

  • .shp (.shx, .dbf, .sbn, .sbx, .atx)
  • .shz

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Optional

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Optional

Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support

Yes

Geometry Type

SHAPE_GEOMETRY

 

Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

 

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

yes

 

point

yes

circles

no

 

polygon

yes

circular arc

no

 

raster

no

donut polygon

yes

 

solid

no

elliptical arc

no

 

surface

yes

ellipses

no

 

text

no

line

yes

 

z values

yes

none

yes