vect polygons to MapInfo

[Ronald Wiemer]

> Has anyone done this before? Since MapInfo
> needs a polygon/region self-contained
> no matter where it shares boundaries with
> others or not, it won't take GRASS vector
> polygons exported in v.out.ascii?

Hi, 

I have put a program called v.out.mif on the incoming directory of 
moon. It makes a mif and a mid file from a grass vector map (polygons 
only). 
The resulting files are stored in the directory $LOCATION/mapinfo.

If you have rasterized the vector map with grass and you have 
assigned colors to the different categories you can use this raster 
map to color the exported vector map.

The header of the mif file contains information on the projection 
and type of coordinate system used. Since I only use the Dutch 
coordinate system, you will have to edit this if you want another one.

The coordinates are written in the format %10.1lf If you need another 
format, edit the source.

MIF files can also be imported into Arc-View. There is a tool 
MIFSHAPE, which converts MIF-files to Arc-View SHAPE files.

Wish you all good luck and best wishes for 1996

Ronald Wiemer
R.O.B. / ARCHIS
kerkstraat 1
3811 CV Amersfoort
The Netherlands