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Posted by Phillip J. Allen on July 6, 2006, 2:50 pm
Please log in for more thread options Felix,
Yes you are correct but actually FMEs translator is the motor behind
mapInfo's Universal Translator, just stripped down a bit.
Phil
Felix Hebeler wrote:
> There's also FME (http://www.safe.com/), which allows you to translate
> formats. They've got an 14day trial version, dunno what the restrictions
> are for that, i remember not all formats are supported.
> Worth a try.
> Felix
>
> Phillip J. Allen wrote:
>
>> Poul,
>>
>> To my knowledge there are only 3 ways,
>>
>> 1. Purchase ESRI Interpetobility extension (~2500 $)
>> 2. Purchase TabReader Extension ( ~375$)
>> 3. Convert Tab files to shapes using MapInfo "Univeral Translator" if
>> you have access to mapinfo.
>>
>> I just purchased TabReader and it works like a charm.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> pna wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Group
>>> Does anyone know a workaround/trick for adding Mapinfo data to a
>>> Arcmap data frame....? Normally
>>> I just add the data and the Mapinfo file appear as a data layer in
>>> the map window - but recently I had problems... When I tried to add
>>> the Mapinfo .Tab file Arcgis understood the data as a text file. How
>>> do I make ARcGis understand that I add MapInfo data and not Text
>>> data.......?
>>>
>>> I work with ArcGIS(ArcView) 9.1
>>>
>>> Any suggestions / Ideas ...?
>>> Poul Nygaard Andersen, Denmark
>>>
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