Open Source software for editing mapinfo files

[nestor olfindo]

Hi guys!

 

Is there an open source gis software that can directly edit mapinfo tab files?

 

Thanks!

 

Nestor

[Uffe Kousgaard]

Hi,

 

Afaik: No, MapInfo is the only one that can EDIT tab files.

 

MITAB library can read or write, but not edit.

 

Regards

Uffe Kousgaard

[Mike Gibson]

 

You might look at Mapserver using TAB based DBF.

 

 

Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
  - Putt's Law

From: nestor olfindo [mailto:nestoro...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 25 June 2009 11:57 AM
To: mapinfo-l
Subject: [MI-L] Open Source software for editing mapinfo files

 

Hi guys!

 

Is there an open source gis software that can directly edit mapinfo tab files?

 

Thanks!

 

Nestor

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[Mike Gibson]

You might look at Mapserver using TAB with a DBF base. I believe these can read/write and you would be restricted to the dos 8.3 naming convention. Ver 10 may upset this however...I think I read V10 was dropping some of the compatibility support for this file type?

 

 

 

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[Bo Victor Thomsen]

Nestor -

Try Qgis (qgis.org).
It can read and display Tab-files. I'm not sure if you can edit Tab
files with the program.

regards
Bo Thomsen
Aestas SMBA
Denmark






nestor olfindo skrev:

[nestor olfindo]

Thanks guys!

I'll try those softwares.

Thanks.

Nestor

[Andy Harfoot]

No editing of TAB files unfortunately - QGIS uses the OGR library which
(I think) itself uses MITAB.

Andy

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[Sunnie]

Hi all
Just asking the question of what ya want to do to the TAB file.
The tab is a text file so it can be edited or do you mean as in the
spatial information.
You could export to a MIF and edit the file in a text document.
Again ya have to know what ya doin here.

Just my 1 c worth( economic recession valve the A$ is goin down)

On Jun 25, 3:40 pm, Mike Gibson <mi...@rouswater.nsw.gov.au> wrote:
> You might look at Mapserver using TAB based DBF.
>
> Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand
> what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not
> understand.
>   - Putt's Law
>

> From: nestor olfindo [mailto:nestorolfind...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 25 June 2009 11:57 AM
> To: mapinfo-l
> Subject: [MI-L] Open Source software for editing mapinfo files
>
> Hi guys!
>
> Is there an open source gis software that can directly edit mapinfo tab
> files?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nestor
>
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