I have some MapInfo TAB-file and I'd like to save spatial reference to .prj-file. How it can be done?
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duplicate or a continuation of gis.stackexchange.com/questions/22298/…– user681Commented Mar 27, 2012 at 12:02
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@DanPatterson: I admit that my English is not good. First question is about changing spatial reference and this question is about saving spatial reference to file. These are two different questions about spatial reference in mapinfo. Why do you think that there is a duplicate question? Perhaps this question can be considered as a continuation of previous question in some senses. But is this a crime?– LoomCommented Mar 27, 2012 at 14:23
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Loom Perhaps editing the original question would be best so that the information could be tied together to facilitate searching this site regarding MapInfo projection information.– user681Commented Mar 27, 2012 at 14:58
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1@DanPatterson: I understand now. No, these questions are not tied together.– LoomCommented Mar 28, 2012 at 10:56
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Convert it to a SHP file with FWtools / ogr2ogr and you've got your PRJ file.
Universal Translator
MapInfo comes bundled with Universal Translator which can be found under the Tools menu. It is an additional option so may not be installed but should be on your installation disc. This should create a .prj file, like in Uffe's answer.
MapBasic
If you are doing this regularly/in bulk you could make a MapBasic program to do it for you. The following command will show you the prj string for the last table to be opened. You could then either copy and paste the result into a file or work some more Mapbasic magic to make it do it for you.
Include "mapbasic.def"
Print CoordSysStringToWKT$(TableInfo(0, TAB_INFO_COORDSYS_CLAUSE))
