[Xastir-Dev] [Fwd: First attempt at using dbfawk fails miserably]

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Alan Crosswell wrote:

> None of these sound like dbfawk issues at all.  Other than the missing
> .dbfawk file for tgr*plc files.  If you send me a sample of a plc file
> I'll cobble together a dbfawk for it.  Missing dbfawk signatures will
> likely prevent that map from displaying.
>
> That patch is something I'm not aware of and sounds like a shapelib
> version issue and/or OS difference.  What OS is this?

Probably FreeBSD?  Might be Solaris.

We (meaning you?  hi hi) should probably rig up a dbfawk file for
all of the possible TigerLine files that have been converted to
Shapefiles.  Another option would be:  If an unknown file is
encountered, display the points/vectors/polygons, but don't display
the labels.

Once a dbfawk file is created for it, the proper labels will appear.

If we could have a catch-all for ANY shapefile that doesn't have a
dbfawk file for it, that'd be even better.  There are a lot of
Shapefiles available out there from local/county/state/federal
sources.

You've probably thought of all that already though.

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