OGR connection vs shp DATA

[Eduin Carrillo]

Can somebody explain me benefits of using OGR as shapefile datasource vs.
reading shp files directly?

Thank You

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Eduin Yesid Carrillo Vega
yecarrillo at yahoo.com
COLOMBIA

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