[Shapelib] RE: world coastline shpfile

[tommy chheng]

Hi Derek,
I haven't edited shpfiles directly before; how can I go about doing these
steps? is there a shpfile editor?

thanks,
tommy


Lewis, Derek R. wrote:
> 
> Tommy,
>  
>   Why don't you take the country layer for the world and invert it? 
> Instant ocean layer, you can edit it and break it apart into smaller
> polygons as you like.  
>  
> -Derek
> 
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> Subject: [Shapelib] world coastline shpfile
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I'm looking for a world coastline shpfile as polygons.
> 
> I found this site:
> http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/
> I did a shpdump on the shoreline shpfile and it reported all the types
> were
> arcs(this the same as polyline?) and not polygons. The shpfile does not
> need
> to be extremely detailed, just a rough coastline is good. Any ideas where
> one might be?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tommy
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