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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=341022213-17052006>I
figured out that the .dat file was being created with string fields of 256
characters</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=341022213-17052006>by
default. I created mid/mif files and was able to pare down the field
width</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=341022213-17052006>to
appropriate values. I generated the tab file set from the mid/mid files,
and the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=341022213-17052006>file
size is reasonable.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=341022213-17052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=341022213-17052006>My
question is, is there a way to skip the mid/mif creation? Can I tell
ogr2ogr </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=341022213-17052006>what
the field width of the string fields are via an XML Schema or parameter file
or</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=341022213-17052006>something like that?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=341022213-17052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=341022213-17052006>I
tried adding a <Length> or a <Width> element in the .gfs file and
running the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=341022213-17052006>command again, but it seemed to ignore the element (it
was just a guess after all!).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=341022213-17052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=341022213-17052006>I
looked for the .gfs file creation or reading in the source code, but couldn't
locate</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=341022213-17052006>it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=341022213-17052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=341022213-17052006>Thanks
for any suggestions.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter Rushforth</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Geography Division</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Statistics Canada</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ottawa Ontario</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>K1A 0T6</FONT></SPAN> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
gdal-dev-bounces@lists.maptools.org
[mailto:gdal-dev-bounces@lists.maptools.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Peter.Rushforth@stcinet.statcan.ca<BR><B>Sent:</B> May 16, 2006 2:18
PM<BR><B>To:</B> gdal-dev@lists.maptools.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Gdal-dev]
file size balloons when converting gml to tab,shp with
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been experimenting with converting GML
documents to mapinfo tab and esri shp</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>formats. I have the same files previously created with commercial
software with</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>exactly the same record
layouts. The files I've created with ogr2ogr seem to be up</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>to 5 to 10 times larger than the same file (and
format) created with the commercial software.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>When you view the files, they appear identical,
line for line, attribute for attribute.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there somebody who could point me in the right
direction to determine why?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks!</FONT> </P>
<P><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter Rushforth</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Geography Division</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Statistics Canada</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ottawa Ontario</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-ca><FONT face=Arial size=2>K1A 0T6</FONT></SPAN>
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