[Qgis-user] open .tab

[Ramon Andiñach]

If it's saying that, then load the linked data file and forget the tab file.

As an example, you might have Image01.tab and Image01.jpg. Instead of loading the Image01.tab file, use the Open Raster Layer to open Image01.jpg. QGIS will then attempt to pick the right co-ordiante system for the jpg file and display it for you.

There are ways to load xls files directly using plugins, but it may be easier to save them as csv and load those. There's plenty information about this if you look a little bit for it.

Hope this helps.
-ramon.

On 28/05/2013, at 15:16 , Agi Neray wrote:

> Hi Ramon,
> thanks for your answer! It makes sense
> This can the problem. Because my QGIS sais it is not a valid data source. So I should load the linked data as well.
> 
> Agnes
> 
> 2013/5/27 Ramon Andiñach <custard at westnet.com.au>
> 
> On 28/05/2013, at 05:20 , Ágnes Néray wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > I'm pretty new in the world of Qgis.
> >
> > What can be the problem if I can't open some (MapInfo) .tab file?
> > Some of them was opened some not… I don't know what can be the reason of this.
> > Could you help me please?
> >
> > Agnes
> 
> Hi,
> Because it's a .tab file there could be a number of options.
> 
> Native Mapinfo tab files will open, but:
> 1. if there is more than one geometry then only one will will be displayed by QGIS (e.g. a file might contain lines and points, but QGIS only displays the points).
> 2. For some Coordinate systems (projections) there is are a few problems assigning the correct coordinate system in QGIS automatically.
> 
> If the .tab file is a link to another data source (e.g. an xls spreadsheet or a jpg image) then QGIS will say that this is not a valid data source - because it's expecting a native tab file. However if you load the linked data correctly, e.g. the jpg through load raster, then you should be fine.
> 
> Make any sense?
> 
> -ramon.
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