MapInfo .tab vs Shapefile

[Flavio Hendry]

Hi Kristine

we use both in many projects and do not see any remarkable difference
(such as who would count or care about millieconds ...). the spatial
indexing is the same for both. the advantage of mapinfo files is that
you have more "functionality", such as label files (reads the mapinfo
label positioning and rotation), automatic styling (use the same colors
as in mapinfo using STYLEITEM "Auto"), less restriction in column naming
and so on.

Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards
Flavio Hendry

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-----Original Message-----
From: Travis Kirstine <tkirstine at JDBARNES.COM>
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:52:01 -0400
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapInfo .tab vs Shapefile

> Hi,
> In general do shp files with a .qix index display faster than mapinfo
> .tab
> files connected with ogr?
> I've looked through the docs and that is the general impression I get
> but
> there is no definite statement.
> 
> Cheers,
> Travis