Re: [udig-devel] files fix and qix

[Jesse Eichar <jeichar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jose,

The qix is a spatial index file for spatial queries.  It is the same  
index that is used by mapserver.  The fix is a feature id index so  
that id look ups are constant time and the feature ids following the  
fid contract.

Jesse

On 26-Nov-07, at 9:00 AM, Jose Busnelli wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> When I import shapefiles into uDig inmediately creates the qix and  
> fix files. Which are the functions of these files? Are they bugs?  
> Could they provoke any problem when working on the shapefiles?
> Thank you.
>
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