Symbology for Open Street Map [OSM] Data in MapInfo [tab] format

Question

I have shapefiles for the different OSM layers which I have translated into TABs but I am now trying to symbolise them in a similar style to OSM online.

Is there a way to easily apply the OSM symbology to MapInfo TAB files?

Answer 1

MapInfo To QGIS Style Generator

Note: @Nathanw (GIS-SE user, QGIS Dev) would probably give you a more complete answer

He has written python code to do this:

Here is a quick run though on how to use the MapInfo to QGIS style generator.

Preparing the file from MapInfo

Open MapInfo and open the table that you wish to generate the QGIS style for.

Run the following commands in the MapBasic windows, replacing anything in {} with your info

Select {Your value column}, Str$(ObjectInfo(obj,2)) from {Your Table} Where Str$(ObjectInfo(obj,1)) = "5" Group By {Your value column} Into outputTable

Export "outputTable" Into "{Your output file}.txt" Type "ASCII" Delimiter "|" CharSet "WindowsLatin1"

Follow the instructions below or usage guide to generate QML file.

'mapinfoToQgis.py'

http://nathanw.net/2011/08/08/new-tool-mapinfo-to-qgis-style-converter/

Instructions & Source Code: https://github.com/NathanW2/MapInfo-to-QGIS-style-generator/wiki/Using-MapInfo-to-QGIS-style-generator. https://github.com/NathanW2/MapInfo-to-QGIS-style-generator