The ESRI Shape format is a vector format created by the Environmental System Research Institute. The SHP file can support point, multi-point, polygon, polyline and multi-patches. This file format has a much faster drawing speed and more editing capabilities than other data sources. It is supported by the ARC Explorer 2.0 and ARCView.

 

This file format contains three files:

Main file: *.shp

Index file: *.shx

DBase file: *.dbf

 

The default extension used by this format is: SHP.

This file format does not support layers, grouping objects, or embedded raster objects. 

 

Blaze ImgConvert can load the following objects: PolyLine, Point, Polygon, Multi Point, and Multi patch.

 

For SHP files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 24.