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I need to know what type of objects are in my ESRI Shape files before I actually open them into ArcView. Can the Geographic Explorer tell me this?

April 26, 2017actually ArcView ESRI Explorer files geographic objects shape type

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I need to know what type of objects are in my ESRI Shape files before I actually open them into ArcView. Can the Geographic Explorer tell me this?

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Yes. The Geographic Explorer adds Geography and Spatial Objects tabs to the Properties of the map files. Simply right click a map file from within the Windows Explorer, go to Properties, and select the Spatial Objects tab. You can query your file for type and and number of objects.