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+The Shapefile C Library provides the ability to write simple C programs
+for reading, writing and updating (to a limited extent) ESRI
+Shapefiles, and the associated attribute file (.dbf). The Shapefile
+format is a working and interchange format promulgated by ESRI for
+simple vector data with attributes.