[FWTools] Measure data lost

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 9/20/05, David J. Bakeman <dbakeman at comcast.net> wrote:
> When I save a vector layer from shape files with measure data the
> measure data is lost.  In fact if the input shapefile was PolylineM it
> becomes Polyline.  Ofcourse I'd love to be able to edit the measure
> values but barring that I'd at least like to be able to save a portion
> with the original measure data.  Perhaps I could help with this issue
> but I don't know what part of the code to start looking.

David,

The GvShape has no support for carrying vertex measure data around
so this would be a fairly substantial job to correct.   Sorry.

Best regards,
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