Shapefile

gis

package of file formats which together define geographic features

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• CloudCompareOpen sourcewrites · GNU General Public License
• OpenJUMPOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
• QGISOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later with library exception
• Biosphere3DOpen sourcereads · Mozilla Public License
• Bricscadreads · proprietary license
• FEFLOWreads
• IGOR Proreads · proprietary license
• Mathematicareads · proprietary license
• OPALSreads · proprietary license
• Oracle Spatialreads
• PowerCADDreads
• WMSreads

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Documentation

• kaitai grammar: https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/geospatial/shapefile_main.ksy

Versions and variants (3)

• ESRI Arc/View Shapefile IndexReadable
• Shapefile dBASE tableUnknown
• Shapefile main fileReadable

Sources

• File Formats Wiki
• Kaitai Struct: shapefile_main
• Wikidata Q278934

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), Kaitai Struct format gallery, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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