ESRI Shapefile

E902852
GIS data format geospatial vector data format

ESRI Shapefile is a widely used geospatial vector data format for geographic information system (GIS) software, commonly employed to store and exchange map features and their associated attributes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
TIGER/Line Shapefiles 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf GIS data format ⓘ
geospatial vector data format ⓘ
attributeStorageFormat dBASE NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterEncoding code page specified via .cpg file ⓘ
default system code page if .cpg missing ⓘ
commonAlternative File Geodatabase NERFINISHED ⓘ
GeoPackage NERFINISHED ⓘ
PostGIS NERFINISHED ⓘ
compatibleWith ArcGIS NERFINISHED ⓘ
GDAL NERFINISHED ⓘ
GRASS GIS NERFINISHED ⓘ
QGIS NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinateSystemStorage .prj file ⓘ
coreComponent .dbf attribute table file ⓘ
.shp geometry file ⓘ
.shx shape index file ⓘ
dataModel simple feature model ⓘ
dataOrganization set of related files in same directory ⓘ
developer Esri NERFINISHED ⓘ
fileExtension .cpg ⓘ
.dbf ⓘ
.prj ⓘ
.qix ⓘ
.sbn ⓘ
.sbx ⓘ
.shp ⓘ
.shx ⓘ
is non-topological vector format ⓘ
limitation field names limited to 10 characters in .dbf ⓘ
file size limit of 2 GB per component file ⓘ
no support for complex geometries like curves ⓘ
standardizedBy Esri technical specification ⓘ
status legacy but still widely used ⓘ
stores attributes ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
spatial index (optional) ⓘ
supports 2D coordinates ⓘ
3D coordinates ⓘ
measure (M) values ⓘ
single geometry type per dataset ⓘ
supportsGeometryType multipoint ⓘ
point ⓘ
polygon ⓘ
polyline ⓘ
topologySupport no explicit topology ⓘ
typicalUse data exchange between GIS software ⓘ
desktop GIS applications ⓘ
usedFor exchanging GIS data ⓘ
representing map features ⓘ
storing feature attributes ⓘ
storing geospatial vector data ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

QGIS → supportsVectorFormat → ESRI Shapefile ⓘ
MapInfo Professional → fileFormatSupport → ESRI Shapefile ⓘ
United States Census Bureau-designated Maine counties → dataPublishedIn → ESRI Shapefile ⓘ
this entity surface form: TIGER/Line Shapefiles