Esri Shapefile Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

ESRISHAPE

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Base

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

Folder 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

Esri Shapefile Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

yes

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

yes

none

yes

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

no

solid

no

surface

yes

text

no

z values

yes