MarkDuster Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Does enyone have expireance using the ngs SHP. FILES?.SHP I've tryed opening them in Global mapperand MapMaker with no luck any help please? Quote Link to comment
+1setter Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Shape files are used with GIS software. I use them with ArcView GIS. Downloading the NGS shape files allows you to insert them into a map and gives a table of details about each PID downloaded. Quote Link to comment
kotaqua Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 I use GlobalMapper and have had no trouble with the shapefiles from NGS. I'm currently using v6.02 but the files worked with earlier versions, also. What problem are you having? Quote Link to comment
Wild T2 Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 (edited) A shapefile is actually several files with the same filename but different extensions. I think that there can be up to seven computer files that make up an ESRI shapefile. They all need to be together in the same sub-directory or folder. At a minimum, there are three files to a shapefile; filename.shp, filename.shx, and filename.dbf. ESRI's own free GIS viewer is here... http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/index.html Edited September 24, 2004 by Wild T2 Quote Link to comment
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