[Qgis-developer] Re: shx missing
Alex Mandel
tech_dev at wildintellect.com
Fri Oct 7 13:24:40 EDT 2011
On 10/07/2011 10:03 AM, aperi2007 wrote:
>>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.
>>--
>>Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia
>
> Yes The great "shapecheck".
>
> I use it from many years to resolve the missing shx file problem.
>
> I can confirm, It work really.
>
> The shx is only a position-link index.
> It link the position number of geometry (shp) to the position number of
> fileds (dbf)
>
> Andrea.
There's a tool called shpdoctor put out by the author of spatialite,
it's in the Other or Utilities downloads from the spatialite website.
Not 100% on it's features.
Thanks,
Alex
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