[Geodata] GSHHS 1.6 Shapefiles

[Ben Best]

Hi Birgit,

You can use the following Marine Geospatial Ecology Tool
(MGET<http://code.env.duke.edu/projects/mget>
):

GSHHS 1.4 Database to ArcGIS
Polygons<http://code.env.duke.edu/projects/mget/browser/MGET/Trunk/PythonPackage/dist/TracOnlineDocumentation/Documentation/ArcGISReference/GSHHS.ToArcGISPolygonFeatures.html?format=raw>
Creates an ArcGIS polygon feature class from the Global Self-consistant
Hierarchical High-resolution Shorelines (GSHHS) database, version 1.4 or a
later compatible version.

Cheers, Ben

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:47 AM, Birgit Wessel <birgit.wessel at dlr.de> wrote:

>
> Hi Martin,
>
> I am looking for a latest version of GSHHS in closed polygons in shapefile
> (ESRI).
> So, how can I read your files? The extension is .b and not .shp, .shx,
> .dbx,
> ...
> Are those really shapefiles or do I need the convertion tool you mention?
>
> Thanks,
> Birgit
>
>
> Martin Spott wrote:
> >
> > Ralf Gerlich was so kind to write a little tool that converts a GSHHS
> > database directly into every format that is supported by 'libogr'. By
> > default it is writing four Shapefiles. Note, that this release of
> > Shapefiles contains closed polygons, not linestrings - voila:
> >
> >   ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GISData/GSHHS/
> >
> > Have fun,
> >       Martin.
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