Resources

Shape files are available from many sources and in numerous formats. You may find the following applications useful when installing shape (.shp) files:

• MapWindows GIS: If you wish to view .shp files, then this can be downloaded from: https://mapshaper.org/

• DBFExplorer: When you have .shp files, you may want to modify the .dbf file that contains the information about each shape. A free DBF editor can be downloaded from: http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/dbf_explorer.html

• FWTools247.exe: If you have a .shp file that does not conform to the WGS84 co-ordinate system, then you need to convert it. This can be done using ogr2ogr. An example of usage is: ogr2ogr -t_srs WGS84 -s_srs EPSG:27700 destination.shp source.shp. converts from British Grid References to WGS84. You can download FWTools247.exe which contains ogr2ogr from: http://fwtools.maptools.org/

• Please see the example below: