[mapserver-users] request help on :- points to a shapefile

[Frank Koormann]

Hi David, Listers,

* David Armstrong (david.armstrong at ntlworld.com) [010515 21:30]:
> 
>    Looking for an example of how to make a shapefile from a XBase
>    database of points
>    
>    I now have my gps positions x,y,id in a database, i would like to make
>    the app faster by placing them into a shapefile, any example would be
>    appriciated in perl or mapscript
>    

You may have a look at gen2shp

http://intevation.de/~jan/gen2shp/gen2shp.html

a small filter implemented in C, based on Frank Warmerdams shplib.
It can convert the simple ArcInfo generate format (id, x, y) into 
shapefiles.

Regards,

    Frank

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