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Hello Ian,<br>
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QGIS can handle many different encodings. You set the encoding when
you save a new shapefile or load an existing shapefile.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Christy <br>
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Christy Nieman<br>
GIS Technician<br>
DM Solutions Group, Inc.<br>
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cnieman@dmsolutions.ca">cnieman@dmsolutions.ca</a><br>
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dmsolutions.ca">http://dmsolutions.ca</a><br>
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On 12/15/2010 11:03 AM, Ian Walberg wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Can
anyone advise us what tools are available for creating and
editing UTF8 shape files.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Many
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Ian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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