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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

shapefile en · NOUN

Etymology

From shape + file.

Meanings

  1. A computer file in the Shapefile format, used in geographic information systems.
    • Any shapefiles created during analysis will be created in decimal degrees. 1996, ArcView Spatial Analyst, page 16:

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