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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am using shapeLib to parse the .shp file called ‘country.shp’
that comes with ArcMap and am getting some odd results. My application
will take the vertex points from each shape and simply draw them as a polygon
on my screen. The problem, however, is that many of the shapes have stray
lines associated with them. For instance, the country </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>France</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> gets drawn,
but then a line is drawn to </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Corsica</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and then the </span></font><font
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drawn. I see that both land masses are part of </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>France</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, but how
can I scrub the data to get rid of that extra line. I’ve tried just
cutting off one polygon drawn when the next point is more than 2 degrees away,
but then on other parts of the world, not all the land masses get drawn. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Does anyone know what I can look for to predict when the
shape will suddenly have a vertex point away, then start plotting in a
different position? The map I’m drawing looks rather odd.</span></font></p>
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