Why do I receive errors when I use the code described in the documentation for the SHAPEREAD function in Mapping Toolbox 2.0 (R13SP1+)?

When I use the following code that uses the 'GeoCoords' parameter as in the documentation for the SHAPEREAD function:

shaperead('concord_roads','GeoCoords',false)

I receive the following error:

 ??? Function SHAPEREAD expected its second input argument, 

 PARAM1, to match one of these strings:

   RecordNumbers, BoundingBox, 

 Selector, Attributes, UseGeoCoords

 The input, 'GeoCoords', did not match 

 any of the valid strings.

 Error in ==> shaperead>parseInputs at 525

     parName = checkstrs(varargin{k}, 

 validParameterNames, mfilename, ...

 Error in ==> shaperead at 187

 [filename, recordNumbers, boundingBox, 

 selector, attributes, useGeoCoords] ..

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The R13SP1+ documentation for the SHAPEREAD function in the Mapping Toolbox contains an error; it should have said 'UseGeoCoords' instead of 'GeoCoords'. The correct command is:

shaperead('concord_roads', 'UseGeoCoords', false)

This was fixed in Release 14 (R14).