DK - Layer Import/Export
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Q10497 -  How can I use the DK to export a TAB layer to the SHP file format? I cannot find any documentation about the DK vector layer export procedure. Two methods: 1. First open a new (empty) SHP format layer and then use the DK ImportLayer function to import the data from the TAB file into the SHP layer. ... (Modified: 2006-10-30)

Q10749 -  How to use the DK to create a new SHP points file, with attributes, from a text (txt) file? Each row of the *txt file contains an X coordinate value, a Y coordinate value, and two additional items of information that I wish to be recorded as attribute information for each SHP point. Each row in the ... (Modified: 2007-08-01)

Q10202 -  I currently have a need to split a shapefile into several smaller shapefiles, based upon the value of a text field. Looking at your ExportLayer method, it appears that you accommodate the ability to filter an export by both spatial extent and non-spatial query. Is that correct? Yes, ExportLayer meth ... (Modified: 2003-11-21)

Q10558 -  Using the TatukGIS free Viewer, the TIFF export procedure seems a bit slower than I would expect? It is true that our TIFF export process could be considered a bit slow, but the tradeoff is that TatukGIS software can export really HUGE (even 2 GB) TIFF files. Small files can be generated more quickl ... (Modified: 2005-03-01)

Q10247 -  If we export DK geographic files to DXF, SHP or MIF formats, would the topology (including the internal IDentifier) be lost? The DK exports to the DXF MAP2 datum, so all topology attributes are persistent. The DK native format is SHP binary representation, so no export procedure to SHP format is even required. ... (Modified: 2003-11-21)

Q10243 -  During my evaluation I discovered that the TatukGIS DK is much, much faster in reading shape files (less than 1 second for a 7. 5 MB file with 11,000 polygons) than MapObjects, yet it is a little slower with labeling features compared to MapObjects. Why would the DK read shape files so fast, but not ... (Modified: 2006-10-16)

Q10253 -  Does the DK support polygon clipping? By this I mean the ability to cut out a smaller subset area from a larger vector map layer, retaining all the attribute information? Yes. The topological operations functionality in the DK v. 7 and subsequent versions of the DK provides for the clipping (cutting ... (Modified: 2004-12-15)