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Esri Shapefile Reader Parameters

When reading shapefile features, the SHAPE_GEOMETRY attribute will correspond to the geometry type specified in the shapefile's feature type parameters. For more information on this attribute, see Esri Shapefile Feature Representation

Reader Parameters

Schema Attributes

Use Search Envelope

Using the minimum and maximum x and y parameters, define a bounding box that will be used to filter the input features. Only features that intersect with the bounding box are returned.

If all four coordinates of the search envelope are specified as 0, the search envelope will be disabled.

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