[Qgis-developer] Re: shx missing

[Alex Mandel]

On 10/07/2011 10:03 AM, aperi2007 wrote:
>>It must be possible, as there are utilities that do it, e.g.
>>http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=10806 and shapecheck.
>>I do not know if there are free utils though.
>>All the best.
>>--
>>Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia
> 
> Yes The great "shapecheck".
> 
> I use it from many years to resolve the missing shx file problem.
> 
> I can confirm, It work really.
> 
> The shx is only a position-link index.
> It link the position number of geometry (shp) to the position number of
> fileds (dbf)
> 
> Andrea.


There's a tool called shpdoctor put out by the author of spatialite,
it's in the Other or Utilities downloads from the spatialite website.
Not 100% on it's features.

Thanks,
Alex