title: How can I extract the address information from a Compressed ESRI shapefile datasource?
body: <p>When I download the zip file from the website it contains files with the following extensions:</p>
  
  <p>.dbf
  .prj
  .sbn
  .sbx
  .shp
  .shp.xml
  .shx</p>
  
  <p>Is this is a common data file format that I download or purchase a converter?
  I think this is some kind of mapping data file but I all need are the addresses it contains to push into our existing database.</p>
  
  <p>Specifically and related to programming. How can I setup a .NET Datasource to this group of files or just the .dbf file that actually contains the information?</p>