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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I would like to know if there is any utility that can reduce the size of a shape file(.shp) and at the same time will maintain the link with it's associated .dbf.I know "fshape" does a shape file compression but the associated .dbf can't be linked with the compressed .shp.Pls let me know abt this at the earliest.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">rgds,</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">K.Shankar Narayanan,</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">HCL TECHNOLOGIES LTD,</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">109,POONAMALE HIGH ROAD,</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">SAPNA TRADE CENTER,</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">CHENNAI-600 084,</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">TAMIL NADU STATE,</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">PH: 091-44-8221119,8221129,EXTN .2912<I></I></FONT><I></I><I></I></B>
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