Hi Birgit,<br><br>You can use the following Marine Geospatial Ecology Tool (<a href="http://code.env.duke.edu/projects/mget">MGET</a>):<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://code.env.duke.edu/projects/mget/browser/MGET/Trunk/PythonPackage/dist/TracOnlineDocumentation/Documentation/ArcGISReference/GSHHS.ToArcGISPolygonFeatures.html?format=raw">GSHHS 1.4 Database to ArcGIS Polygons</a><br>
Creates an ArcGIS polygon feature class from the Global Self-consistant Hierarchical High-resolution Shorelines (GSHHS) database, version 1.4 or a later compatible version.<br></div><br>Cheers, Ben<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:47 AM, Birgit Wessel <<a href="mailto:birgit.wessel@dlr.de">birgit.wessel@dlr.de</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi Martin,<br>
<br>
I am looking for a latest version of GSHHS in closed polygons in shapefile<br>
(ESRI).<br>
So, how can I read your files? The extension is .b and not .shp, .shx, .dbx,<br>
...<br>
Are those really shapefiles or do I need the convertion tool you mention?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Birgit<br>
<br>
<br>
Martin Spott wrote:<br>
><br>
> Ralf Gerlich was so kind to write a little tool that converts a GSHHS<br>
> database directly into every format that is supported by 'libogr'. By<br>
> default it is writing four Shapefiles. Note, that this release of<br>
> Shapefiles contains closed polygons, not linestrings - voila:<br>
><br>
> <a href="ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GISData/GSHHS/" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GISData/GSHHS/</a><br>
><br>
> Have fun,<br>
> Martin.<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ben Best<br>Associate in Research<br>Rm A328 LSRC Bldg, Box 90328<br>Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences<br>Duke University<br>Durham, NC 27708-0328 USA<br>
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