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Summary
Name	ESRI Code Page File
Version
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/1253
Family
Classification	Text (Unstructured)
Disclosure
Description	An ESRI Code Page file is an optional file that can be used to specify the code page for identifying the character set to be used, for example UTF-8. It is part of the ESRI shapefiles used in the ArcGIS software, which stores the geometric location and attribute information of geographic features. Shapefiles are a spatial data format that can work with and be edited in ArcGIS.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	National Library of Australia / National Library of Australia
Source date	18 Jan 2020
Source description
Last updated	18 Jan 2020
Note	http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Shapefile_file_extensions https://gisgeography.com/arcgis-shapefile-files-types-extensions/ https://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf