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How do I convert MapInfo TAB and/or MIF to SHP?
How do I convert MapInfo TAB and/or MIF files to SHP using only free tools or ArcGIS itself? I've not had much luck trying to do this in the past and I don't want to have to shell out for the ArcGIS ...
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What are the best databases for storing spatial data? Pros and Cons
A couple of days ago I installed the demo of spatialware 4.9 from MapInfo into my SQL Server 2005 install and loaded all the larger dataset into it. I was quite impressed with the performance vs the ...
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Metadata -auto build using python
We have a large (10,000 plus) repository of spatial data (shp/gdb/tab vectors and ecw/tif rasters and also las, xyz and DEM data) where some have metadata records in xml using anzlic metadata editor. ...
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Support for PostgreSQL / PostGIS Inherited Tables in MapInfo/QGIS
Does anyone know if MapInfo and QGIS will support inheritance in a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database?
I would like to make use of inheritance but need to make sure the software I use will work with them.
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Thematic Legends in MapInfo
Does anyone know if it is possible to make a range label go over more than one line in MapInfo when doing thematic maps?
My legend has a limited width and I have not been able to find a way to get ...
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How to convert Mapinfo “.Map” file into an ArcGIS format? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I convert MapInfo TAB and/or MIF to SHP?
I currently do not have MapInfo but I do have a lot of ".Map" files that I need to convert for use in ArcGIS.
Actually ...
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KML (KMZ) to layer including all attributes [duplicate]
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How to convert KML to shapefile without losing attributes?
This question is here in many variations but though I went through it I still don't have any good solution how ...
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How do I get Started with MapBasic?
I am new to MapBasic. I googled for tutorials and found various pdf's but could not get started with the resources. I would be glad if anyone could provide some path for learning MapBasic.
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50cm imagery - aerial or satellite?
The area of interest is 1450 km2.
My options are:
50cm newly collected aerial natural color imagery for $28,300
OR
50cm recent archival satellite imagery (includes near IR band) for $20,600
The ...
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Symbols showing sex of a species in a label in MapInfo
I am trying to indicate the sex of a species using the symbols ♀ and ♂ in MapInfo. I would like the symbols to display in the label of each species point, but I cannot find out how to do this.
I had ...
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Converting MapInfo TAB to GeoJSON
Is there an easy way to convert MapInfo TAB files into GeoJSON?
I am working on a web-based mapping system which will use GeoJSON to transfer data. I also use MapInfo and would like to be able to ...
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Retain ESRI symbology in Mapinfo TAB
Is there anyway to retain/easily transfer symbology from ESRI to Mapinfo? The only process I found was posted in 2010 - https://groups.google.com/group/mapinfo-l/browse_thread/thread/883223ff4ae56809 ...
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Location data for Nuclear Power stations in France
As it says on the tin, does anyone know a place I can look at, download, location data for Nuclear power installations in France? I believe it is well known data, but I cannot find it anywhere.
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How to Make a Thematic Map with ORACLE using MapXtreme?
I want to make a thematic map with Oracle source longitude and latitude values.
I have made thematic maps with tab file source. Part of the code looks like this:
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Apportioning Points at a street intersection (arcgis or mapinfo)
I can't seem to find any evidence of this question, but I'm surprised by that, so pardon if this has been asked.
If one is mapping crime location reports, by XY coordinates to streets, to create ...
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Tool for converting .shp file to .tab file?
I am searching for any free tool which can convert ShapeFile (.shp) to MapInfo (.tab) file.
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ogr2ogr convert all shapefiles in a directory
I have a directory with several shapefiles. How can convert all these shapefiles to MapInfo with ogr2ogr. I know how I can convert one file. And I can make a batch script writing a line for each file. ...
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How to select distinct values from a column in Mapbasic?
I have a table in a mapinfo .tab file. Is there any way to select distinct values from the column?
I tried :-
SELECT distinct (some_column) from table_name into temp_table
But this query would ...
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How to handle Arabic letters in QGIS and Mapinfo?
I have a problem with Quantum GIS and Mapinfo, in both Windows XP and Windows 7.
I need to use French and Arabic. One field is called Name_fr, and the other Name_AR.
The Arabic is fine until the ...
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Developing Web Application For Map
I have huge data of maps usually most of the table are co-ordinates and the other are raster maps stored in SQL server 2008 and PostGres Server. I am using desktop application to analyse the data. ...
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Best way to visualize Google Maps and Mapinfo (or SHP or SQLite) at the same time?
I am having a bunch of Mapinfo data of a large area. This data has multiple layers and is also available as SHP, and of course it could be easily converted to SQLite ("SpatiaLite"). Although probably ...
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Correcting a table's projection in MapInfo
Occasionally I have a MapInfo TAB file that doesn't match up with others. Presumably this is because MapInfo is interpreting it as a different projection to the one it was saved as. I am also assuming ...
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How to remove redundant points
We basically have points table including vehicle routes.In huge traffic conditions,devices collecting data on route may output redundant points where at any coordinate same points may repeat.We can ...
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Using android phone to plot GPS points?
I was wondering if I could use my android phone (HTC Wildfire) to plot gps points and export these into GIS software (I have QGIS and MapInfo).
Thanks,
Alan
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Does Y mean latitude and X mean longitude in every GIS software?
Now it's been 3 days I am using Mapinfo and it has Y as latitude and X as longitude. Is that the same case for all mapping software? As for any country their respective value is multiple of 1 or -1. ...
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Extracting all address locations from street centerline file
I have a project in which I want to "extract" all of the geocoded addresses from a street centerline file (with my defined offset and whatever other user defined input is needed). If it is helpful ...
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Copy text to clipboard with MapBasic
I think the title says it all - is it possible to programmatically copy/paste some text to/from the windows clipboard using MapBasic?
I have found this discussion but it only discusses copying and as ...
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Easy way to Create Vector Grid polygons?
We're currently using MapInfo & MapBasic to analyze daily tests results for planning purposes.For each test,exported result may contain empty values (say 999,we know Mapinfo has no NULL values),so ...
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Can Quantum GIS replace Proprietary GIS? [closed]
I’m an MSc GIS student in the final year of my studies. I’m researching for my dissertation project which is entitled ‘Can Quantum GIS replace Proprietary GIS in large organisations?’
I’m primarily ...
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Whats going on with Mapinfo these days?
I have not touched Mapinfo for a good 2-3 years. (Think it was 7.5 back then, around the time it got aquired by Pitney Bowes)
I found it a great package, particularly with Vertical Mapper and ...
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Moving from MapInfo to web mapping
I use MapInfo and have a lot of data in .tab format that I would like to put into a database in order to access it through a website. I would like to continue using MapInfo as my GIS programme and ...
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Check if an object is empty in mapbasic
I have mapbasic code that manipulates the obj-column in a point-table. Some rows doesn't have any geometry so the obj-column is empty. My question is how to check if there is no object?
All the ...
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What's the easiest way (style wise) to publish my MapInfo map as WMS?
I've downloaded data for my country from OSM and let a GIS expert to style it for me in MapInfo pro. (I have TAB files and .wor - workspace).
When I tried converting them to SHP (for QGIS) I've ...
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Opening Old MapInfo Workspaces
I have many "old" (10+ year) MapInfo workspaces that I want to reopen but cannot locate some of the tables. MapInfo will not open the workspaces without these tables and the data/objects I want only ...
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Selecting points not snapped
I have a point layer and a polyline layer. I want to select all points in the point layer that are not snapped to a vertex in the polyline layer. How can I accomplish this? I'm using MapInfo and ...
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MapInfo TAB - Integer fields and null values
Can MapInfo TAB integer fields hold null values?
Is there a spec document on MapInfo TAB attributes available for download?
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update spatial data from excel to ms-sql server 2008
I have 1000's of data with 50's of column. It is point data. The data
is in MS-SQL server.Now each day I need to load 100's of data similar
in structure. How can I achieve it ? I tried to append ...
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Create closest-distance line in MapInfo
As part of a larger program (basically a remake and extension of DistanceCalc) I want to programmatically create a line between the two closest points of two regions in MapInfo.
The ObjectDistance ...
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Create collection from selected objects
I have a table with a series of objects in it. Each record has a reference number but these numbers are NOT unique - e.g. there are two records with reference "01" and each of them has a different ...
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How to read MapInfo .tab files in ArcPy?
I want to use arcpy (the ESRI install of python 2.65) to analyse tab files...can this be done directly or do I need to convert them to shp files...if so would it be possible to do something like
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Definitions and limitations of MapInfo TAB file objects
I am working on a MapInfo plugin to convert MapInfo files to GeoJSON files.
I am having trouble matching up the object types of the two formats. Each GeoJSON object type is described in the ...
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Why don't some layers line up afer converting Mapinfo TAB to Shapefile?
I have 6 MapInfo layers / TAB files which I need to convert to ESRI ShapeFiles, preferably using QGIS. When a colleague opens these in MapInfo 10, they all look fine and line up correctly. When I open ...
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How to export .mdb file to shapefile?
I have received some GIS files, in .mdb format.
Is it possible to project this .mdb file onto my map; say by converting it into shapefile etc?
In Mapinfo Professional, i could open this .mdb file ...
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How to obtain statistics within a Buffer/Catchment in MapInfo?
I need to calculate the population statistics within a 10 minute drivetime catchment from a point and within 1 Km Buffer from a point in MapInfo, how can I do that can someone please elaborate? I have ...
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Joining spatial and not spatial table in oracle
I have spatial table with rows of data representing polygon(A). I have another table that contains values for polygon field(B). Now I would like to join these two table and create a spatial table. I ...
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bulk save mapinfo tab files with new projection
Is there a way to builk convert mapinfo files to a new projection (and output in the same mapinfo format) without using the mapinfo sdk?
I did look into ogr2ogr but I couldn't get it to work even ...
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Where can I find High Quality Road Network Information
I am carrying out a research on how complex city road networks get and I need to get accurate map information.
I started with openstreetmaps however I ran into a couple of issues: some of the dumps ...
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How to buffer a point by cardinal distances to create a polygon?
I am trying to buffer a point by distances in a table to create a polygon or line for example
For a point with known x,y
buffer based on the following radius:
North= 20m
East= 21.5m
South= 14m
West= ...
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Mouse unclick event in mapbasic?
How can I respond to mouse unclick in mapinfo using mapbasic? Is there any event triggered when the mouse in unclicked? For example at the end of drawing a line when the mouse button is released.
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MapInfo very slow to start-up
MapInfo v10.5 is used across my organsiation by dozens of users as a thick client installation. A small group of users have started to have an issue whereby the time taken for a new session of ...
