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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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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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Is it possible to convert an ESRI style sheet to a font set?
This is related to Retain ESRI symbology in Mapinfo TAB
As a workaround I am wondering if I can save all my ESRI symbology from the lyr files created using the script below to an ESRI style sheet and ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How do you change the editing capabilities on a MapInfo .Tab file?
When I load a .Tab file into QGIS I am unable to make changes to it.
The information on the MetaData Tab reads the following:
"Editing Capabilities of this layer: Add Attributes, Fast Access to ...
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Batch Convert MapInfo .TAB Files to .KML [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
ogr2ogr convert all shapefiles in a directory
As the title suggests, i have a few hundred .TAB files to convert to .KML. This is likely to be a fairly irregular thing ...
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Converting TAB to MIF / MIF to TAB
How I can export (import) data from TAB format to MIF and vice versa?
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Errors when converting MapInfo .tab to .dxf
I am trying to convert some MapInfo files to .dxf format using OGR2OGR using the following command:
OGR2OGR -f "DXF" "input.dxf" "output.TAB" -overwrite -skiperrors
When I run this I am getting a ...
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How to use custom symbols in mapinfo?
Is it possible to create custom symbols in mapinfo and use it in thematic shading?How?
Mapinfo - 10.5
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Is toggle button's state stored in some property in Mapinfo?
Well can we retrieve On or OFF state of toggle button. Do we have any property of toggle button that can be read from toggle button that is ON or OFF?
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Setting spatial reference for MapInfo tab-file
How can I change spatial reference for tab-file in MapInfo Professional?
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How is object created as line using createline stored in .tab file?
I used Mapbasic and made data imported from excel into mappable and added projection to WGS 84 and updated table using:
update TABLE set obj = createline(x1,y1,x2,y2)
to create line and the line ...
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How to upload lines created by joining longitude, latitude pairs?
The data in a Mapinfo table contain longitude and latitude pairs. I have joined the point pairs using :
Making the table mappable
Setting the projection to WGS84 and
update TABLE set obj = ...
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How to close all layers in Mapinfo?
I want to close all layers in Mapinfo except one and again add one layer. How to do so in Mapinfo using Mapbasic or without?
