shapefile class declaration

[Stephen Woodbridge]

http://shapelib.maptools.org/
Scrool down to "Other Resources" and get a copy of the shapefile
specification.

-Steve

Jeff Portwine wrote:
>
> Can anybody tell me what the different "types" of shapefiles would
> represent?   The documentation lists them but doesn't describe them.
>
> I'd guess that the MS_SHP_POLYGON would be a set of points that defines
> a closed shape while the MS_SHP_MULTIPOINT would be points defining
> lines (such as roads or rivers or whatever)....
> Would MS_SHP_ARC then be an ESRI type shapefile?    And what would
> MS_SHP_POINT be?  That sounds like a single point but why would you
> create a shapefile for a single point?
>
> Thanks!