Shapefile Encoder: apply a .cpg file for each .shp file
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Jun 21, 2026 - Shell
Shapefile Encoder: apply a .cpg file for each .shp file
We are internationally moving toward UTF-8 as the standard character encoding. Yet, shapefiles published by Japanese government agencies are encoded exclusively in Shift JIS. If GIS software loads such shapefiles, text may become garbled. To prevent it, this project provides Bash/PowerShell scripts that add a code page file to each shapefile.
Add a description, image, and links to the code-page-file topic page so that developers can more easily learn about it.
To associate your repository with the code-page-file topic, visit your repo's landing page and select "manage topics."