[Qgis-user] DWG file

Jean-Claude REPETTO jcrml at mxm.eu
Mon Mar 9 01:31:07 PDT 2009


Barend Kobben a écrit :
> SHP is a secret and proprietary format, and it often changes in
> unpredictable ways. There is no reliable free reader for it.
> 
> Awh, alright, the last point is not true probably, OGR and the like seem to
> be very reilable and certainly free. But I'd like to remind readers that
> SHAPE is NOT an Open format, it is proprietary ESRI, and although they don't
> change it much these days and share the specs widely, that might change
> overnight if Jack tells them to...
> 
> 
Hello,

What open format would you recommend to use in place of the SHAPE format ?

Jean-Claude




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