NAME

       shpcreate - create an empty ESRI shapefile

       ##SYNOPSIS shpcreate shp_file [point|arc|polygon|multipoint]

       ##DESCRIPTION  Creates  an empty shapefile supporting shapes of the given type. Shapefiles
       actually consist of two files with the same basename and extensions .shp and .shx (or .SHP
       and  .SHX) containing the shape data and shape index respectively. The files to create are
       determined by first stripping any filename  extension  from  shp_file  and  attempting  to
       create  the  files  shp_file.shp or shp_file.SHP, and shp_file.shx or shp_file.SHX for the
       respective data and index files. The supported values  for  the  shapetype  argument  are:
       point, arc, polygon, and multipoint.

       ##OPTIONS

       shp_file
              the name of the shapefile to be created. Doesn't need the extension

       point|arc|polygon|multipoint
              the type of shapefile that you wish to create. Must specify a valid option.

       ##EXAMPLE shpcreate testpolygon polygon

       this  will  create  a  polygon  shapefile  named  testpolygon (in fact testpolygon.shp and
       testpolygon.shx will be created).

       ##EXIT STATUS

       0      Successful program execution.

       1      Missing shp_file or shapetype argument.

       2      Unknown shapetype.

       3      Unable to create the shapefile.

       ##DIAGNOSTICS The following diagnostics may be issued on stdout:

       Shape Type `shapetype' not recognised.

       Unable to create:shp_file

       ##AUTHOR dbfdump is part of shapelib,  maintained  by  Frank  Warmerdam.  This  guide  was
       created  by  Eduardo  Patoo  Kanegae and converted to manpage by Johan Van de Wauw. It was
       further enhanced with the man page written by Joonas Pihlaja (jpihlaja@cc.helsinki.fi).

       ##SEE  ALSO  dbfadd(1),  dbfcat(1),  dbfcreate(1),  dbfdump(1),   dbfinfo(1),   shpadd(1),
       shpcat(1),   shpcentrd(1),   shpdump(1),  shpdxf(1),  shpfix(1),  shpinfo(1),  shpproj(1),
       shprewind(1), shptest(1)

                                           August 2024                               SHPCREATE(1)