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Re: OT: How to open SHP (Shapefiles)?

Wayne R. <wruff...@komkast.net>

On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:19:19 +0100, Terry Pinnell
<terrypinDEL...@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote (with clarity & insight):

>I've downloaded various free maps from this site just recommended to
>me, for my imminent holiday in Canada:
>http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/index.html

>But they are in GML format (Geography Markup Language) and SHP (ESRI
>Shapefiles). The latter are probably going to be what I need. But how
>do I view SHP files? Searches so far have yielded many technical
>articles but so far no freely available program. Anyone here with
>suggestions please?

>(Also asked in the sci.geo.cartography group.)

Use ESRI's ArcReader.

<http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcreader/download.html>