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Convert DEM to SHP

Can you convert DEM to SHP?
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Is it possible to convert DEM to SHP?
No - not a direct conversion.

SHP is an ESRI GIS shapefile. This conversion only 'exists' because USGS DEM terrain data (a different file type sharing .dem) is GIS data - a game replay has nothing to convert to a shapefile. If you actually have terrain DEM, use QGIS/ArcGIS, not a game.

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Converting DEM to SHP

A .DEM file and a .SHP file hold different kinds of data, so there is no direct way to turn one into the other. The programs listed below can open .DEM files and may be able to export the content to a format closer to .SHP. One of them is ArcGIS for Desktop Basic (ArcView): ArcGIS for Desktop Basic, formerly known as ArcView, is the entry-level tier of Esri's ArcGIS desktop GIS software suite for Windows. It allows users to view,….

A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.

Programs that convert DEM

ArcGIS for Desktop Basic (ArcView)

About these formats

.DEM Recorded Game Demo File

A DEM file is a recorded game replay that stores player inputs and network snapshots - not video frames. You watch it by placing it in the matching game's folder and using the in-game demo…

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.SHP Esri Shapefile (geospatial vector data)

A .shp file is almost always an Esri Shapefile - geospatial vector data (points, lines, polygons) used by GIS software. It is one piece of a set: it needs its sibling files (.shx, .dbf, and…

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