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Open SHP files — free, in your browser
A shapefile is Esri's old but still common GIS format: the shapes are in .shp, the data in .dbf and the coordinate system in .prj. Municipalities, regional authorities and land registry exports often supply it as a zip with those files together.
With the free downloadlink viewer you open a .shp file directly in your browser. Nothing is installed, and without an account nothing is uploaded either — when you are logged in, the viewer keeps your file in My files.
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What the viewer does with SHP files
Open the zip with all parts (or just the .shp) and the viewer puts the points, lines and areas on a map. Coordinates in the Dutch RD New system and other systems from the .prj are converted; clicking a shape shows its data from the .dbf.
Good to know
A .shp on its own has no data and no coordinate system; for coordinates that look like RD, the viewer assumes RD New and says so.
How it works
- Click Open your SHP file above.
- Drag your .shp file into the window, or click to choose it.
- View it directly in your browser.
Related formats you can also open here
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