[Qgis-user] MapInfo export issue

[Richard Greenwood]

I don't know if this is related or helpful, but GDAL 3.0 doesn't produce
MapInfo TAB files with the correct coordinate system when the coordinate
system is in feet. GDAL 3.3 and 3.4 do work.

A suggestion would be to install GDAL 3.3 or 3.4 and use

ogr2ogr -f "MapInfo file" dest source


On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 10:41 AM Nicolas Cadieux <njacadieux.gitlab at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If you send us a simple file (the original, the tab and mid mif version
> you created),  we could test on other versions of QGIS.  If you do this
> make sure we can correctly identify the proper location.  Use something
> like the outline of a building that we can find using Google earth as
> background image.
>
> Nicolas Cadieux
> https://gitlab.com/njacadieux
>
> Le 1 déc. 2021 à 12:05, Paul Wittle <paul.wittle at dorsetcouncil.gov.uk> a
> écrit :
>
> 
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I’ve tried exporting to MIF instead of a tab file and it generates an
> error of “Found [region] while searching for [version]” when you try to
> load it into the MapInfo. The output is also creating an error when QGIS
> tries to load the data as well although I’m not sure if QGIS could ever
> directly load MIF files.
>
>
>
> The main issue is that if you save to TAB and select “Add saved file to
> map” it draws in a different place. This feels a bit wrong to me.
>
>
>
> In any case we are trying to get people to upgrade to the latest version
> of MapInfo so GeoPackage is supported. I will just advise our users to
> export to GeoPackage instead and use that as the main data sharing format
> instead.
>
>
>
> Thanks for all the tips and suggestions though.
>
>
>
> Paul
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Richard W. Greenwood
www.greenwoodmap.com
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