[Xastir] Setup.

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:

> Virtually *ALL* the .e00 files can be converted to .shp: .e00 is the
> ESRI Exchange Format.  If GDAL is up and working, then, yes,
> libproj/proj4 can be bypassed.,

Well, kind'a.  I can't remember whether GDAL has its own internal
libproj (I think not), but it can use libproj.  If you have a .prj
file along with your Shapefiles, the OGR code in Xastir will
auto-convert to the correct datum for you.


> Otherwise, you're stuck with all sorts
> of interesting possibilities for .shp projection formats: Shapefiles
> don't tell you what projection they're in natively.

There are at least two files specifying the datum which might come
along with a Shapefile set.  I know the .prj files are supported by
GDAL.

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