topic What is the Difference between ESRI shapefile and Arc coverage file? in Esri Tutorials Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-tutorials-questions/what-is-the-difference-between-esri-shapefile-and/m-p/14280#M1 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I want to know the difference between shapefile and coverage file</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:38:12 GMT ABBAALIYU_KASIM 2017-07-18T23:38:12Z What is the Difference between ESRI shapefile and Arc coverage file? https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-tutorials-questions/what-is-the-difference-between-esri-shapefile-and/m-p/14280#M1 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I want to know the difference between shapefile and coverage file</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:38:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-tutorials-questions/what-is-the-difference-between-esri-shapefile-and/m-p/14280#M1 ABBAALIYU_KASIM 2017-07-18T23:38:12Z Re: What is the Difference between ESRI shapefile and Arc coverage file? https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-tutorials-questions/what-is-the-difference-between-esri-shapefile-and/m-p/14281#M2 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/arcpy.Statistics_analysis (tabIntersectSave, sumStatsSave, [[&quot;AREA&quot;,&quot;SUM&quot;]], siteNameColumn)">shapefile</A>&nbsp;start link</P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/coverages/what-is-a-coverage.htm">coverage</A> the same</P><P>A similar search can be made on various file types in the<STRONG><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/datatypes/about-geographic-data-formats.htm"> Data types link&nbsp;</A></STRONG></P><P>Your needs can be examined in light of this information</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Jul 2017 01:26:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-tutorials-questions/what-is-the-difference-between-esri-shapefile-and/m-p/14281#M2 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-07-19T01:26:42Z Re: What is the Difference between ESRI shapefile and Arc coverage file? https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-tutorials-questions/what-is-the-difference-between-esri-shapefile-and/m-p/14282#M3 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Jul 2017 23:09:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-tutorials-questions/what-is-the-difference-between-esri-shapefile-and/m-p/14282#M3 ABBAALIYU_KASIM 2017-07-19T23:09:34Z Re: What is the Difference between ESRI shapefile and Arc coverage file? https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-tutorials-questions/what-is-the-difference-between-esri-shapefile-and/m-p/14283#M4 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/3116">Dan Patterson</A>‌ is a voice of reason. &nbsp;I'll play the role of devil's advocate as I so often do: &nbsp;instead of differences, what about one important similarity? &nbsp;Both are vintage, if not outdated data models. &nbsp;There is no question they have served the industry well, but the modern feature class data model has evolved from both, and has a proven track record for flexibilty, functionality, reliablity, portability and so on. I cut my teeth on coverages in ArcInfo and while my hair has grayed and thinned out, I still have all those original teeth; give me feature a class any day!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:23:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-tutorials-questions/what-is-the-difference-between-esri-shapefile-and/m-p/14283#M4 JoeBorgione 2017-07-20T12:23:56Z