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A standard (but older and limited) data storage format developed for the once-popular dBASE DBMS. Of interest primarily because it forms part of the "shapefile" specification for sharing GIS data.

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No .shp files only .dbf files

Shapefiles require three files (ESRI Shapefile Technical Description): main file; example.shp index file; example.shx dBASE table; example.dbf An ESRI shapefile consists of a main file, an index fi …
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Shapefile to table within python

import arcpy ws = r'C:\temp' file = r'C:\temp\poly.shp' arcpy.TableToTable_conversion(file, ws, "outTable.dbf") For an even more efficient pure python approach, you can copy the shapefile's .dbf file …
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How to read ArcGIS files in R?

As handy as R is for so many tasks, it is important to remember that 1) R is not a GIS and 2) quality mapping is downright difficult compared to creating maps with QGIS or ArcGIS. The following examp …
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