June 2005
Beginner to intermediate
372 pages
10h 1m
English
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Name
MapInfo Files (TAB/MID/MIF)
Synopsis
MapInfo files are also known as TAB or MID/MIF files.
File listing
The .DAT, .ID, .MAP files are also associated with .TAB files. Here's an example:
border.DAT border.ID border.MAP border.TAB
The term MID/MIF refers to files with .MID and .MIF extension.
Data access/connection method
TAB and MID/MIF access is available in MapServer through OGR.
The
CONNECTIONTYPE OGRparameter must be used.The path to the (*.tab or *.mif) file is required, and the file extension is needed.
The path may be relative to the
SHAPEPATH
MapInfo files already contain styling information. This
styling information can be used optionally by specifying the
STYLEITEM "AUTO" parameter in the
LAYER object of the map file.
If you use STYLEITEM
"AUTO", you must have an empty class in the layer.
ogrinfo examples
Here's an example that uses ogrinfo on a single TAB file:
> ogrinfo elev5_poly.TAB
Had to open data source read-only.
INFO: Open of 'elev5_poly.TAB'
using driver 'MapInfo File' successful.
1: elev5_poly (Polygon)Here's an example that uses ogrinfo to examine the structure of the
file/layer:
> ogrinfo elev5_poly.TAB elev5_poly Had to open data source read-only. INFO: Open of 'elev5_poly.TAB' using driver 'MapInfo File' successful. Layer name: elev5_poly Geometry: Polygon Feature Count: 2236 Extent: (-141.000000, 60.000000) - (-124.403310, 69.300251) Layer SRS WKT: GEOGCS["unnamed", DATUM["MIF 0", SPHEROID["WGS 84 (MAPINFO Datum 0)",6378137.01,298.257223563], TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]], ...Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
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