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Removing duplicate rows from a shapefile

I would like to write some c# code to delete duplicate rows from a shapefile stored in a folder. Can anyone provide me with an example or pointers on the best way to attempt this, please?
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ArcGIS Server geoprocessing service examples for shapefile data export

I have a web application client built using ArcGIS Server Manager which is currently showing a single map composed by three data layers. The map data are provided as a map service by my ArcGIS Server ...
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Determine minimum number of polygons from shapefile to cover an area of interest

I have a large number shapefiles representing areas of interest for an analysis that will be conducted using various sources of satellite imagery (IKONOS, RapidEye, etc.). Unfortunately, the imagery ...
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ESRI Shapefile to ARCGIS Javascript JSON format [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to convert SHP into GPX or JSON? We're in the proces of adding a new feature to our Web Application where we employ the use of ESRI's ArcGIS Javascript API alongside ...
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Divide a complex shape file into a grid

I have a decently detailed shapefile with polygon/multipolygon features (the file is about 500mb). It's actually a shapefile of the entire world, with the features representing coastlines. I need to ...
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Why does aggregate polygons consistently error out?

I'm using aggregate polygons on a dataset with three large study areas. It did not work. So I split it into separate areas and did it again. Two of the three areas (which were smaller than the third) ...
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How to divide a polyline by intersecting isochrones

I have two shapefiles, the first representing a path (a polyline with a single category), the second representing isochrons from the same origin (point 0) which intersect the above mentioned path. I ...
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How to cut a shape file?

I want to use a shape file of the Corine Land Cover. This covers all of Europe, but I am only interested in the area of Scandinavia. How can I cut this file using free software (preferably a ...
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Get shape filename in attribute field using field calculator

I apologize for crossposting against the ESRI geoprocessing forum, but it seems like this one gets answers. I'd like to have a modified append tool (ArcToolbox) that takes multiple shapefiles with ...
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reorder a polygon shape file (not sort)

I've written a script which produces a polygon shape file of the extents of all the thousands of rasters in our library. I want to organise the FID so that the files with the largest extents are on ...
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How Can I Correctly Transform (Unproject?) from LCC

I am a complete n00b when it comes to GIS, so please bear with me. I started out by posting here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6963991/how-can-i-transform-the-coordinates-of-a-shapefile . In ...
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Online resources for creating shp files performing basic GI functionality

I am looking to build polygons, based on files containing a grid of points. The representation of the polygon would be an aggregation of the points. As the end wares are ESRI, I was wondering if ...
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create temporary point geometry feature from coordinates in OGR with Python

I have two shapefiles containing two types of geometry features: one contains polygons and the other linestrings. Because I'd like to use the Within method to check whether the end(or start) of a ...