[gdal-dev] OGR shapefile problems

[Frank Warmerdam]

William Kyngesburye wrote:
> So, the patch works.  But I notice that you only patched the polygon 
> case.  I think it's possible that any shape type can have null shape 
> data.  I don't know if it's correct behavior for shapefiles, but I've 
> seen ArcGIS export such shapefiles myself, and I think I've seen it 
> happen with point shapefiles as well.

Even,

I can confirm that shapefiles can indeed have NULL shapes in them which
are currently handled by returning NULL for the geometry.  I would think
this is the appropriate behavior for a polygon with no rings too instead
of returning an empty multipolygon.

Best regards,
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