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class=085592919-12032008>Hi all,</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=712315518-12032008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=085592919-12032008>I'm having</SPAN> an issue with the Shapefile
driver within OGR.<SPAN class=085592919-12032008> When exporting data from an
OGRDataset to a shapefile I'm required to add an additional "closing point" (ie
repeat the first point at the end) for the resultant shapefile to be correctly
recognized in other viewers (I realize the shapefile spec calls for this). The
problem is that other formats do not require this closing point (eg KML) and
adding the additional point results in additional point being written to the
outputted file, not what I would believe to be correct. It would seem then that
depending on my output I would have to reformat my data, seemling defeating the
purpose of having an interfaced method library like OGR.
A</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=+0><SPAN class=712315518-12032008><SPAN
class=712315518-12032008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=085592919-12032008>m I incorrect in my assumption and/or is there another
intended way to do this correctly.
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class=712315518-12032008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=085592919-12032008>Christiaan</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>