NAME

       shpcreate - create an empty ESRI shapefile

       ##SYNOPSIS shpcreate shp_file [point|arc|polygon|multipoint]

       ##DESCRIPTION Creates an empty shapefile supporting shapes of the given type. Shapefiles actually consist
       of  two files with the same basename and extensions .shp and .shx (or .SHP and .SHX) containing the shape
       data and shape index respectively. The files to create are determined by  first  stripping  any  filename
       extension from shp_file and attempting to create the files shp_file.shp or shp_file.SHP, and shp_file.shx
       or  shp_file.SHX for the respective data and index files. The supported values for the shapetype argument
       are: point, arc, polygon, and multipoint.

       ##OPTIONS

       shp_file
              the name of the shapefile to be created. Doesn't need the extension

       point|arc|polygon|multipoint
              the type of shapefile that you wish to create. Must specify a valid option.

       ##EXAMPLE shpcreate testpolygon polygon

       this will create a polygon shapefile named testpolygon (in fact testpolygon.shp and testpolygon.shx  will
       be created).

       ##EXIT STATUS

       0      Successful program execution.

       1      Missing shp_file or shapetype argument.

       2      Unknown shapetype.

       3      Unable to create the shapefile.

       ##DIAGNOSTICS The following diagnostics may be issued on stdout:

       Shape Type `shapetype' not recognised.

       Unable to create:shp_file

       ##AUTHOR  dbfdump  is  part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam. This guide was created by Eduardo
       Patoo Kanegae and converted to manpage by Johan Van de Wauw. It was further enhanced with  the  man  page
       written by Joonas Pihlaja (jpihlaja@cc.helsinki.fi).

       ##SEE   ALSO   dbfadd(1),   dbfcat(1),   dbfcreate(1),   dbfdump(1),  dbfinfo(1),  shpadd(1),  shpcat(1),
       shpcentrd(1), shpdump(1), shpdxf(1), shpfix(1), shpinfo(1), shpproj(1), shprewind(1), shptest(1)

                                                   August 2024                                      SHPCREATE(1)