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I have to convert a bunch of shapefiles to mapinfo files on a machine without a MapInfo license, so I am using ogr2ogr to perform this task.

The problem is that when opening the mapinfo files in MapInfo Professional, the table's Portuguese characters like à are not there any longer. E.g.:

  • SÃO PAOLO = SÃfO PAULO
  • BRASÍLIA = BRASÃLIA
  • GOIÂNIA = GOIÃ,NIA

When opening the same input shapefile through MapInfo Professional (File|Open|Choosing Windows US & Western Europe (ANSI)), I do get the correct result.

I tried lots of different combinations in ogr2ogr using:

  • SHAPE_ENCODING
  • -lco ENCODING
  • intermediate formats (conversion in 2 go's)
  • etc.

I cannot seem to get it right. Does anyone have THE solution? :-)

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