[Qgis-developer] shx missing

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 07/10/2011 17:52, Martin Dobias ha scritto:

> Not really. shx file is there just for faster indexing. However I do
> not see a reason why shx file couldn't be recovered from a shp file -
> it consists of sequentially written records with variable size, each
> record has a header stating its length.

It must be possible, as there are utilities that do it, e.g.
http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=10806 and shapecheck.
I do not know if there are free utils though.
All the best.
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