Returns a struct with info on shapefile fname.
Input:
fname
(character string). Does not need to have a .shp suffix.
Output: a struct with fields:
Filename
Contains the filename of the shapefile.
ShapeType
The type of shapefile.
ShapeTypeName
The name of the shape type.
BoundingBox
The minimum and maximum X and Y coordinates of all items in the shapefile in a 2 X 2 array, upper rox min and min Y, lower row max X and max Y.
NumFeatures
The number of features (items, records) in the shapefile.
Attributes
A structure with fields Name and Type (containng the names and types of all attributes in the shapefile). Type can be Numeric, Character or Data.
See also: geoshow, mapshow, shapedraw, shaperead, shapewrite.
Package: mapping