[Freegis-list] Any freeware to edit shapefile?

[Henrion Benjamin]

Susumu Tanimura <stanimura-ngs at umin.ac.jp> [031219]:
> Hi there,
> 
> Let me add some information to my question.
> 
> I am a Linux user.  And I already have tried JUMP but I found it with
> problem to load shapefile.  It works fine for simple shapefile, but
> not for complex shapefile such as archipelago areas.

I think there are problems with the specifications of the shp files...
I've heard that some shp files does not fit with the standard. But where
are the shp specs?

> 
> JUMP says, 
> 
> 1 problem loading nagasaki.
> See View / Log for stack traces 
> String index out of range: 139 (String Index Out Of Bounds Exception)
> 
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:45:40 +0900
> Susumu Tanimura <stanimura-ngs at umin.ac.jp> wrote:
> 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > Still I could not find out an open source or freeware that can edit
> > shapefile (not attribute but shape itself.)  Does anybody know that?  
> > 
> > It takes much time to have steps, generate ASCII -> shapefile ->
> > display, edit generate ASCII file -> shapefile -> display.  
> 
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