Hi! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile - on bottom of page you find a link to a C-library "Shapefile C Library" ( http://shapelib.maptools.org/ ) - from there you are on your own :-)
nik Am Mittwoch, 1. Oktober 2008 schrieb Brett Viren: > Any geographers in the house? > > I need an elevation map for a particular region (China mainland near > Hong Kong) and I found that the US Geological Survey supplies some > data from the "Shuttle Radar Topography Mission". However, for the > region of interest it is only available in a proprietary format called > "ArcGrid" aka "ESRI Shapefile". > > I'm pretty ignorant of this field and am hoping there are experts here > that can suggest any Free Software and/or Debian packages I'm missing > that will allow unpacking this format into an accessible form I can > use in my own software. I found the Debian package "gdal-bin" but the > best I can figure out is it only allows unpacking summary information > (via gdalinfo). > > So, any suggestions on software? Or, maybe there is another source of > high resolution (100m or better) topographic data I should look at? > > > Thanks! > -Brett. > > PS: If it helps, the data pack I downloaded from USGS is here: > > http://www.phy.bnl.gov/~bviren/dayabay/elevation/84605319.zip -- Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp IT Consultant Einnehmerstraße 14 A-4810 Gmunden Tel.: +43 650 82 11 724 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
