GIS: Converting multi polygons to multiple features

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Published on 2010-05-03T17:18:26Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 2:28 UTC
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Hi, I am involved in a GIS project. I have a base map file (shape file) that contains the road layer for a large portion of a town. The problem is that the shape file contains only two features each containing around 500000 points each. The features are multipolygons containing a large no of polygons inside. I wish to convert it to numerous features each containing not more than one polygon. Is it possible? If yes, how?

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