Coverage vs. Shapefile?

[Scott Phillips]

Sean,

There is a web site called:

ANALYSIS OF ARC EXPORT FILE FORMAT (E00 file) FOR ARC/INFO (REV 6.1.1)
http://www.ccwr.ac.za/~lynch2/arc_e00.html

It goes into the details on the ARC/INFO Coverage file format if you
are interested.

Regards,

Scott Phillips, ESRP
sphillip at esrp.org

> 
> Can someone explain what a coverage is with respect to a shapefile? Is it a
> different format? Is it simply a collection of shapefiles?
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> Thanks!
> Sean O'Hagan
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