Editable spatial database format generated in ESRI's desktop software application called ArcView Editable spatial database format generated in ESRI's desktop software application called ArcView
A set of files that contain a set of points, arcs, or polygons (or features) that hold tabular data and a spatial location This file format is used in ArcView software - A set of files that contain a set of points, arcs, or polygons (or features) that hold tabular data and a spatial location This file format is used in ArcView software
stores nontopological geometry and attribute information for the spatial features in a data set The geometry for a feature is stored as a shape comprising a set of vector coordinates Shapefiles handle single features that overlap or that are noncontiguous Shapefiles can support point, line and area features