Program to open dbf files and shapfiles?

[cals400ex]

I am trying to open dbf files and shapefiles from my local tax assessors office and my MacBook pro and MacBook are both unable to open them. I get the notification that "there is no application set to open the file." Any suggestions?

 

[EmmEff]

Googling reveals those are GIS related files. You'll need a GIS application to work with them. I am out of my element here, so I cannot recommend a specific app.

 

[cals400ex]

I wasn’t even sure what GIS files were. I’m definitely out of my element too.

 

[Red Menace]

You might try Open Office or Libre Office, they handle many common formats. If it doesn't work out at least you will have an alternative office suite.

 

[cals400ex]

You might try Open Office or Libre Office, they handle many common formats. If it doesn't work out at least you will have an alternative office suite.

I have Microsoft office on one of the computers and Libre on another. Neither have worked. I do not have open office, but I can look into that.

 

[NoBoMac]

Guessing @EmmEff is correct re: these being GIS files and not dBase (well, technically, it appears that the dbf file is dBase, but is part of the GIS file bundle).

LibreOffice and OpenOffice can open dBase files, but if could not open with Libre, Open won't do it either as Libre is more feature rich and better supported these days.

There is a viewer app from the vendor for these, but Windows only.

ArcGIS Publisher | Share & Distribute Digital Maps & Data

ArcGIS Publisher is an ArcGIS Desktop extension that lets you easily share and distribute digital versions of maps and data for anyone to use anywhere.

www.esri.com

This open-source project might do the job:

Spatial without Compromise · QGIS Web Site

www.qgis.org

Otherwise, Google "shapefile viewer mac" to see if something else pops up.