Tom Morris

@smierz Thanks. I missed the base class in my skim of the code. In retrospect, it should have been obvious. We have #7281 for updating the Java version, which I...

_From tfmorris on November 11, 2010 17:06:58:_ Is there anything specific about the dBase/xBase (DBF) files used in shapefile sets or the way that you'd use them? If not, we...

_From [email protected] on November 11, 2010 17:29:09:_ A generic xBase import/export is the request. Open the fileName.dbf, perform some 'refine' magic to the data, and write/save back to fileName.dbf so...

_From iainsproat on November 11, 2010 18:05:20:_ Anyone used XBaseJ before? http://xbasej.sourceforge.net/ Would it be appropriate as an xBase parser we could wrap an importer around?

_From [email protected] on November 11, 2010 18:22:19:_ Haven't used it, but it looks like it'll work! http://xbasej.sourceforge.net/ http://freshmeat.net/projects/javadbf/ Eric Jarvies

_From [email protected] on May 25, 2012 02:21:54:_ I'm wondering if any progress has been made on this. This would be of huge benefit to a project I'm involved in..

_From thadguidry on May 25, 2012 04:15:48:_ Neale, it might be a long while. You might want to use a copy of MS Access to import the DBF files and...

I'm not sure the existence of an external utility makes this feature request unneeded/undesirable. There's plenty of functionality that we bundle to make things easier for users. Also GIS Shapefiles...

David definitely deserves all the recognition that we can give him as the founder and primary developer, but it seems odd to have him listed in the POM as the...

Thank you for paying attention to this! Imported metadata quality has plummeted **dramatically** in the last 10-12 months and it would be great to see this trend reversed.