There may be very interesting opportunity to use the recent MapInfo to Google exporter for like transfers between systems.. Export selected objects or the active window as a KLV or KLM(?). These formats are XML-like and should be of universal appeal as data formats and its metadata are increasingly shifted towards Google Earth and Virtual Earth designs.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of James M. Kelly Sent: Mon 19/12/2005 11:54 PM To: John Elliot Cc: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: RE: [MI-L] MI raster to Shape file John I world file is simply a text file that contains some information about the coordinate values of the image, but no coordinate system information. I have not used ArcPad, but I would imagine that the world files are standard old ESRI format. There is a free mbx on the directions website that is called TABtoTFW or something like that, which can be used to create a TFW (for tiff files) from TAB files. I have found some problems using this when the raster is screen registered in MapInfo, so I would use it with caution. Cheers James -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Elliot Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 3:42 PM To: MapInfo Subject: [MI-L] MI raster to Shape file I am running MapInfo 5.5 and have installed ArcPad 6.0.3 on a handheld. Is it possible to transfer a raster map from MapInfo to ArcPad. I understand that ArcPad needs both a World File and a Projection File (datum file) in order to be able to recognise raster images. The Projection Files come with ArcPad but it seems World Files have to be created with one of the other Arc software packages. When I try to translate a raster map to a Shape file using Universal Translator it fails to translate and gives a message that it could not find any layers. Is there a utility, preferably at "mate's rates", that would do this job? John Elliot Bathurst, NSW 2795, AUSTRALIA _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/tt _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
