[Shapelib] spatial index support - idx file

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 12:35:20 -0500, Gregory Muench
<gmuench at currentcomm.net> wrote:
> Is there a shapelib function that will create a .idx spatial index file?

Gregory,

I am not familiar with .idx spatial indexes.  ESRI uses spatial indexes
using the extensions .sbn and .sbx.  MapServer and OGR use 
spatial indexes with the extension .qix.  The .qix format is supported
by the CVS version of Shapelib, but not the last published version. 

Does that answer your question?  

PS. .idx sounds more like an attribute index to me. 

Best regards,
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