[GRASS-user] geodatabase or shapefile?

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 30 May 2018, Martin Landa wrote:

>>   Back to my thread's question: Technically (other than compressed file
>> size), are there advantages to using the .gdb over the .shp?

> see http://switchfromshapefile.org/

Ma,

   Thank you. That effectively answers my question.

   I miss the old .e00 format (used with GRASS-4.x) which had (still has) two
advantages over shape files: 1) it includs topography and 2) it's in plain
text easily read by humans and computers.

Best regards,

Rich