ESRI Shapefile

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geospatial vector data format
gptkbp:accessibleBy gptkb:GDAL
gptkb:AutoCAD_Map_3D
gptkb:FME
gptkb:GeoServer
gptkb:MapServer
gptkb:OpenJUMP
gptkb:MapInfo
gptkb:ArcGIS
gptkb:GRASS_GIS
gptkb:QGIS
gptkbp:attributeDataStoredIn .dbf
gptkbp:category file format
GIS file format
vector data format
gptkbp:commonIn gptkb:Geographic_Information_Systems_(GIS)
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Esri
gptkbp:fileExtension .cpg
.dbf
.prj
.sbn
.sbx
.shp
.shx
.qix
gptkbp:geometryDataStoredIn .shp
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ESRI Shapefile
gptkbp:introduced 1998
gptkbp:limitation no support for curves
does not support topology
file size limit of 2 GB
limited attribute name length
no support for multi-part features with mixed geometry types
gptkbp:projectionInformationStoredIn .prj
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:File_Geodatabase
gptkb:KML
gptkb:GML
gptkb:GeoJSON
gptkb:MapInfo_TAB
gptkbp:spatialIndexStoredIn .shx
gptkbp:specifies partially
https://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:Esri
gptkbp:supportsGeometryType gptkb:train
gptkb:Polygon
polyline
gptkbp:usedFor storing geometric location and attribute information of geographic features
gptkbp:usedIn cartography
mapping
spatial analysis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SAGA_GIS
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6