[R-sig-Geo] problem in creating shp files

[Roger Bivand]

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Paolo Cavallini wrote:

> Hi all.
> write.pointShape(coordinates=coordinates(fix_data), df=as(fix_data,
> "data.frame"), "sample")
>
> gives correct shapefiles. With:
>
> write.pointShape(coordinates=coordinates(fix_data), df=as(fix_data,
> "data.frame"), "sample.shp")
>
> the output is:
>
> sample.shp
> sample.shx
> *sample.shp.dbf*
>
> which of course is not correct. A trivial issue, of course.

Yes, the help page did say without extension, and I did trust users to 
read it! Fixed in release submitted to CRAN, thanks,

Roger

> All the best.
> pc
>

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