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| Subject: | RE: GISList: Help with Importing a Shapefile into MapInfo |
| Date: |
08/23/2001 05:36:30 PM |
| From: |
Graeme Brooke |
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You could try Blue Marble's Geographic Explorer. It can supposedly read SHP
and write MIF and it's free. Start at www.grime.net/GISTools/index.htm#Blue
Marble.
Graeme Brooke
-----Original Message-----
From: A P [mailto:apgeog@hotmail.com\
Sent: Wednesday, 22 August 2001 11:01 PM
To: gislist@geocomm.com
Subject: GISList: Help with Importing a Shapefile into MapInfo
I downloaded the USCities shapefile from the free data downloads but I am
having trouble making it work in MapInfo.
I am using the Universal Translator and converting the shapefile to a MIF
and then importing into MapInfo. When I do this though the points are off
and are all stacked upon each other. When I check the projection it says
Non-Earth Metres so I thought this was the problem in the conversion. When
I change the projection from Non-Earth to Longitude/Latitude I get a more
normal distribution but it does not overlay correctly with my other layers
which are in a longitude/latitude projection (they are way off).
If someone could offer some help it would be greatly appreciated as I have
attempted a few times and have not been successful or if someone can suggest
another source file with US cities that can be downloaded for free.
Thank you ahead of time.
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