The latter has mulple disconnected points sharing one set of attributes, the former only one point. >>> "Murilo Lacerda Yoshida" <murilo.yoshida at agx.com.br> 4/16/2004 4:42:17 PM >>> Hi all, What's the difference between a MS_SHP_POINT shapefile and a MS_SHP_MULTIPOINT shapefile? Thanks, Murilo