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C Robertson
United Kingdom
1 Posts |
 Posted - 28/07/2010 : 17:02:15
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Unfortunately a client is unable to send me MapInfo files as a SHP or MIF file. The options they have are either:
(*.DAT)
(*.ID)
(*.IND)
(*.MAP)
(*.TAB)
I wonder whether any of the above file types will be compatible with MM &, if so, what is the process to import them? |
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Philippe
France
223 Posts |
Posted - 28/07/2010 : 18:36:00
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Hello C Robertson,
See Utilities/Vector utilities/Import files : none of the above formats can be imported with MM, I'm afraid :(
I would convert the TAB files with Global Mapper.
Or any other tab2shp utility.
How many files? Size?
Philippe |
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nhopton
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28/07/2010 : 19:54:58
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quote:
Originally posted by Philippe
Or any other tab2shp utility.
ogr2ogr is said to be able to do this from the command line (though I haven't tested ogr to convert TAB to SHP):
ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" outfile.shp infile.tab
ogr2ogr is free from http://fwtools.maptools.org/
Shout if you're not happy about working from the command line  .
Regards,
Nick.
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Edited by - nhopton on 28/07/2010 20:03:43 |
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Joe
USA
53 Posts |
Posted - 30/07/2010 : 03:01:13
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If you're still having trouble with this, I should be able to convert it for you using Manifold. Just let me know.
Regards,
Joe Thompson
Wildlife Biologist
www.OregonEcoConsulting.com |
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nhopton
United Kingdom
72 Posts |
Posted - 30/07/2010 : 09:37:42
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Shout if you're not happy about working from the command line .
Sorry, what I meant to say is that if you are interested I have a Windows batch file that will convert TAB to SHP, without the need to work from the command line (it will do one TAB file, or a directory-full of them).
Regards,
Nick. |
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Importing MapInfo files
