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Add theme from GENERATE format ASCII file. Create point, line, polygon and graphic shapes, all either 2D or 3D

Author	Ron Wardenier
File Name	g2sv50.zip
Language	Avenue
Last Modified	Nov 17 2003
Status of work	Public Domain
Software	ArcView GIS
File Size	827.78 kb
Downloads	24312
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Summary
The extension Gen2shp reads one or more ASCII text file(s) and converts the data to shapefile(s) of the appropriate feature type. Version 5.0 supports Point, Line and Polygon features. Line and Polygon shapes can be of type multi-part. Special graphic types include Rectangle, Circle and Donut shapes. All feature types can be either 2D (X,Y) or 3D (X,Y,Z). Help is provided as a set of webpages in the file g2shelp.zip. Gen2shp is licensed under LGPL.