[Gdal-dev] Java library for reading ESRI shapefiles?

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 11/8/05, Tim Beckmann <tbeckman at usgs.gov> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a freely available Java library for reading ESRI
> shapefiles?  The gdal ogr and shapelib code has been great in the past,
> but now I have a need to read ESRI shapefiles directly from a Java applet.

Tim,

I would suggest you check GeoTools.  There are definately a number
of Shapefile implementations in Java out there though some may
not be easily seperable.

Best regards,
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