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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007>I'm trying to
convert an ESRI shape file of Canada provinces to MapInfo tab format
using ogr2ogr from the FWTools shell. The shape file is unprojected
Long/Lat format.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007>When I try this
comand line...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=330103113-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007>ogr2ogr <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><EM><SPAN
class=765385715-22052007>-</SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT>f "MapInfo File" <FONT
size=3>-<SPAN class=765385715-22052007>nlt GEOMETRY </SPAN></FONT>province.tab
province.shp</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=330103113-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007>... the
resulting tab file is one forth the shape file size and very low
precision. When zooming in other than full extent, the edges are very
blocking and some not conected.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=330103113-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007>I also
tried...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=330103113-23052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007><SPAN
class=330103113-23052007>ogr2ogr <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=3><EM><SPAN class=765385715-22052007>-</SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT>f "MapInfo
File" <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>-a_srs "WGS84" </FONT>province.tab
province.shp</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007><SPAN
class=330103113-23052007></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007><SPAN
class=330103113-23052007>... with the same results.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007><SPAN
class=330103113-23052007></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007><SPAN
class=330103113-23052007>Any help would be greatly
appreciated!</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=330103113-23052007></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007><SPAN
class=330103113-23052007>Thank you,</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007><SPAN
class=330103113-23052007>Brian</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=330103113-23052007><SPAN
class=330103113-23052007>Lancaster, PA, USA</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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