On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 12:48 +0100, Hermann Peifer wrote:
> > ogr2ogr -f "MapInfo File" mapinfo/$file.tab $file
> 
> You could cut away the "shp" suffix like this:
> ogr2ogr -f "MapInfo File" mapinfo/${file%shp}tab $file
indeed! 
cheers
Sab
> 
> I am not fully sure what "real world co-ordinates" means, but this 
> additional switch might do what you expect:
> 
> -t_srs epsg:4326
> 
> Hermann
> 
> On 29/01/2011 10:53, Saber Razmjooei wrote:
> > Mik
> >
> > As suggested, better to use ogr2ogr.
> > if you use linux:
> > 1- Create an empty text file in the folder where your shapefiles are
> > located
> > 2- Open the text file and copy paste these:
> >
> > mkdir ./mapinfo
> > for file in *.shp
> > do
> >    ogr2ogr -f "MapInfo File" mapinfo/$file.tab $file
> > done
> >
> > 3-save the file as convert.sh
> > 4- from the terminal, run convert.sh
> >     $ cd /PATH/TO/SHAPEFILES/
> >     $ sh convert.sh
> > 5- all your mapinfo files should appear under mapinfo folder.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Sab
> >
> >


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