Message from discussion OT: How to open SHP (Shapefiles)?

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From: Terry Pinnell <terrypinDEL...@THESEdial.pipex.com>
Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav,uk.rec.walking
Subject: OT: How to open SHP (Shapefiles)?
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:19:19 +0100
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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.)

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK