Polygon clockwies counter clockwies repair

[Aaron D. Hunt]

The files we make will display fine in mapserver, but some out programs
we run into do not hand it very well. We use mapscript to wright out the
shapefile, sould it be taken care of on save?

Aaron D. Hunt


Frank Warmerdam wrote:

>On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:06:40 -0500, Aaron D. Hunt <hunt at zedxinc.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Are there any linux programs of code examples on how to fix a shape file
>>that has polygons and anti polygons so that the clockwise and counter
>>clockwise is correct.
>>
>>
>
>Aaron,
>
>I *think* that OGR will try and sort that all out if you copy a shapefile
>with ogr2ogr.  If not, I would be interested in fixing it.   Give it a try
>and let me know (with details) if you still see problems.
>
>Best regards,
>
>
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