File Extension SHX

File type: Shapefile Index File

About the SHX file type:

If Windows cannot find the appropriate program associated with .SHX files, then your registry may have errors. Check your Windows registry for errors (includes file association errors).

The SHX file extension is used to identify the Shapefile Index files associated with the range of software from ESRI. The Shapefile application offers a range of modeling and geographic mapping services. The files using the SHX file extension offer pieces of shaping data for the models within the application's library. These SHX files may be viewed using the ArcView or ESRI ArcGIS applications.


Detailed information for file extension SHX

Category: Data Files
File format: Propriety
Open with Windows: ESRI ArcGIS or ArcView
Open with Linux: N/A
The SHX files also stores offset information and indexes from the main Shapefile application. These files allow the users to directly access the records saved in the main file. The files using the SHX file extension consist of 100-byte header. After this header is 8-bit-fixed length record used to define the files using the SHX file extension. These files are referenced by the index files. They are often saved together with the corresponding DBF or dBASE database files.