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Format

ESRI Shapefile Header Index

Summary

Name
ESRI Shapefile Header Index
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/321
Format type
GIS
Description
This is an outline record only, and requires further details, research or authentication to provide information that will enable users to further understand the format and to assess digital preservation risks associated with it if appropriate. If you are able to help by supplying any additional information concerning this entry, please return to the main PRONOM page and select ‘Add an Entry’.
File extensions
aih
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

ESRI Shapefile Header Index

Note
Signature based on structured pattern observed in sample files, with first 5 bytes being constant,the next 35 used to identify index header column names. File always ends with 01

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
0000000001{35}2E{34}01
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V46

    Release date
    8 February 2011

    ESRI Shapefile Header Index: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    ESRI Shapefile Header Index: Outline entry added. Ongoing DROID research work following request from Archaeology Data Service.