Binary package “libshp1” in ubuntu precise

A library for reading and writing ArcView Shapefiles

 The Shapefile format is a working and interchange format promoted by
 ESRI for simple vector data with attributes. It is apparently the only
 file format that can be edited in ARCView 2/3, and can also be exported
 and imported in Arc/Info.
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 This package includes the shared library.