simple tool for conversion

[Eric Bridger]

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 16:17, Joseph Norris wrote:
> Eric,
>
> Thank you for this information.  If I have to switch shapefiles to get this
> to work - then I am all for it.  So as I understand you,
>
> I have obtained the California state map as you indicated on your link.
> Does this mean that I can build my teacher shape file using the actual
> lat/long that I have and then I would be closer to my new California state
> map knowing about my new teacher shapefile?

Yes. These are zipcode polygons with no projection, in latitude
longitude.

You can use: mapserver-N.N.N/mapscript/perl/examples/shpinfo.pl
-file=zt06_d00  to find the extents and the field names in the DBF.