How can I programmatically determine if a shapefile contains points, polygons, or lines?

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ArcEngine 10, VS2010, C#

johanvdw · Answer 1 · 2012-02-10T23:36:39.450

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Searching for arcengine+shapetype will help you find: IFeatureClass Or much faster if you like: check byte 32-35 of the file http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile

edited Feb 10 '12 at 23:36

answered Feb 24 '11 at 17:34

johanvdw

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The problem with links to google in an answer (in general) is that there's a good chance that the #1 result in a little while will be this question. (Assuming this site will accumulate the sort of googlejuice that StackOverflow.com has...) Also, LMGTFY is a touch snarky, which I appreciate, but not everyone does. ;) – Dan S. Feb 24 '11 at 19:03
I've added the link which you are supposed to find. Using lmgtfy is educational here. – johanvdw Feb 24 '11 at 19:06

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '11 at 17:32

you can iterate through the geometry features and determine the type of the geometry feature in a conditional statement using the GetGeometryType method I suggest you go through the API found here: http://geoinformatics.tkk.fi/doc/Geo-GDAL/html/class_geo_1_1_o_g_r_1_1_geometry.html

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 24 '11 at 17:42

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You can use IFeatureclass.ShapeType. Opening a featureclass is a bit expensive, I bet johanvdw's method is faster.

answered Feb 24 '11 at 17:42

Kirk Kuykendall

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