Load entities from Shapefile

Quentin Golliot

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Some entities are available from shapefile sources. These sources are usually set up in a multi files structure with :

  • Shapefile (.shp) : the geometries of the entities
  • Index (.shx) : index of the shapefile
  • Projection (.prj) : the information of the projection used by the geometries
  • Database (.dbf) : metadata about the entities
  • Encoding (.cpg) : identifying the character set to be used

In this tutorial you will learn how to set-up a data acquisition pipeline to acquire and normalize entities provided as shapefiles.

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