[postgis] PATCH: shapetype support in shp2pgsql

[Paul Ramsey]

Steffen Macke wrote:
> 
> > Looks like support added for 3D shape files mostly, yes?
> > Anyone want to do support for "measured" shape files? (It's a harder
> > problem... what to do with the measure value?)
> 
> Is anybody actually using "measured" shape files? 3D shapes are produces by
> the 3D Analyst and sometimes from converted CAD data. But measured ones
> I've never seen. My biggest problem was that shapefile points ended up as
> multipoints in postgres.

Well, in all honestly, probably not many are using ShapeM files. I think
they are used almost exclusively by the ArcView Network Analyst
extension, and not many people ever bothered with that (excluding some
enviro impact folks working on watershed plans).
 
> BTW: It would be nice to have a ChangeLog. This would make it easier to
> follow the development.

http://postgis.refractions.net/CVS.txt

Updated hourly.

P.

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