MapInfo to GRASS

[Bruce Byars]

Roy,

GRASS can import raw ASCII files with no problems, so if you have
a choice, go with ASCII.  Presently, there's no direct way to import
MapInfo binaries directly.

Bruce



Roy Sanderson wrote:

> Dear All
>
> Apologies if this has been asked before, but is there a simple way of
> converting from MapInfo format into GRASS?  I'm about to be sent some
> MapInfo format files - presumably these can be either ASCII or binary.
> Currently running GRASS 4.2.1 on RH Linux 6.0
>
> Thanks
> Roy
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