Esri Shapefile (SHAPEFILE) Geometry Support
See Also
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Geometry |
Supported? |
Notes |
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No |
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No |
Converted to Line on write. |
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Yes |
Converted to Surface on write. |
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Yes |
Converted to Surface on write. |
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No |
Converted to Line on write. |
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Yes |
Converted to MultiSolid on write. |
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Yes |
Converted to MultiSurface on write. |
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Coordinate Precision |
Full |
64-bit floating point coordinates. |
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Yes |
Converted to MultiSolid on write. |
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Yes |
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No |
Converted to Polygon on write. |
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Yes |
Converted to Surface on write. |
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Yes |
Multipatch |
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No |
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Georeferencing |
Native |
.shp for world coordinate locations, .prj for coordinate system. |
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No |
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Yes |
Only for Point, Line, and Polygon. |
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Yes |
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Yes |
Depends on the dimension set. The dimension only has one value per file. |
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Yes |
Converted to MultiSurface on write. |
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Yes |
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No |
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No |
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Yes |
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Yes |
Converted to MultiSurface on write |
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Yes |
Multipatch |
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No |
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Yes |
Supported as individual geometries within a file. |
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No |
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No |
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No |
Bounds converted to Polygon on write. |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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No |
Bounds converted to Polygon on write. |
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Yes |
Multipatch |
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No |
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Surface Sidedness |
No |
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No |
Converted to Point on write. Manually split before the writer to keep line or polygon locations. |
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No |
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No |
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| Triangle Fans (IFMETriangleFan) | Yes | Multipatch |
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Yes |
Multipatch |
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Z values |
Yes |
Depends on the dimension set. The dimension has only one value per file. |