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A vector data storage format for storing the location, shape, and attributes of geographic features. Often referred to as 'an ESRI shapefile', as ESRI developed it.

A vector data storage format for storing the location, shape, and attributes of geographic features.

A vector data storage format for storing the location, shape, and attributes of geographic features. Often referred to as 'an ESRI shapefile', as ESRI developed it.

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[ESRI software] "AA vector data storage format for storing the location, shape, and attributes of geographic features. A shapefile is stored in a set of related files and contains one feature class", ESRI GIS Dictionary.

[ESRI software] "A vector data storage format for storing the location, shape, and attributes of geographic features. A shapefile is stored in a set of related files and contains one feature class", ESRI GIS Dictionary.

A vector data storage format for storing the location, shape, and attributes of geographic features.

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[ESRI software] "A vector data storage format for storing the location, shape, and attributes of geographic features. A shapefile is stored in a set of related files and contains one feature class", ESRI GIS Dictionary.

[ESRI software] "A vector data storage format for storing the location, shape, and attributes of geographic features. A shapefile is stored in a set of related files and contains one feature class", ESRI GIS Dictionary.

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