Map/Shapefile Charts With List & Label

Introduction

Shapefiles can be used in the List & Label Designer. The shapefile format is a common file format that can be created with a range of CAD applications (a converter might be required). List & Label comes with a world map and you may easily integrate other maps/shapes.

Usually, a shapefile comes with an attribute database (*.dbf) that associates a number of attributes like ISO code, HASC codes etc. with the shapes. List & Label offers these attributes as chart fields (LL.ChartObject.Shape.Attribute…) enabling a clear assignment between your data fields and the shapefile attributes.

Get more Shapefiles

For example Natural Earth has free data that can easily be redistributed. See the link below for downloads. The shapefiles can then be used as data, foreground or background shape. A number of other shapefile sources is also linked.

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