idea MapInfo TAB and MID/MIF import/export within ArcView in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idi-p/947262 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Hello,<BR />I propose to add a new functionality MapInfo TAB import/export, which&nbsp;should be available already in ArcView license level (similarly like different CAD data formats support). At the moment it`s possible only with ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension. Data East`s TAB Reader does not support export to MapInfo formats&nbsp;at all.&nbsp;ArcView&nbsp;customer&nbsp;has only MIF&nbsp;to Shapefile functionality.&nbsp;<BR />It&nbsp;is still very urgent topic in Estonia (local municipalities, planning companies)&nbsp;and probably on the other countries, where MapInfo is widely spread. <BR />Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional has&nbsp;practical Universal Translator (UT)&nbsp;for spatial data interchange, but&nbsp;if to use Shape files&nbsp;generated by UT, there&nbsp;can be&nbsp;complications related to polygon objects/topology etc.<BR /> <!-- content transformation source ID: 087300000008IN0 --> </BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:24:37 GMT RanelSuurna 2010-12-28T14:24:37Z MapInfo TAB and MID/MIF import/export within ArcView https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idi-p/947262 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Hello,<BR />I propose to add a new functionality MapInfo TAB import/export, which&nbsp;should be available already in ArcView license level (similarly like different CAD data formats support). At the moment it`s possible only with ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension. Data East`s TAB Reader does not support export to MapInfo formats&nbsp;at all.&nbsp;ArcView&nbsp;customer&nbsp;has only MIF&nbsp;to Shapefile functionality.&nbsp;<BR />It&nbsp;is still very urgent topic in Estonia (local municipalities, planning companies)&nbsp;and probably on the other countries, where MapInfo is widely spread. <BR />Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional has&nbsp;practical Universal Translator (UT)&nbsp;for spatial data interchange, but&nbsp;if to use Shape files&nbsp;generated by UT, there&nbsp;can be&nbsp;complications related to polygon objects/topology etc.<BR /> <!-- content transformation source ID: 087300000008IN0 --> </BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:24:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idi-p/947262 RanelSuurna 2010-12-28T14:24:37Z Re: MapInfo TAB and MID/MIF import/export within ArcView https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947263#M6507 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>The new TABreader 4.0 release can directly export to TAB <!-- content transformation source ID: 00a3000000A5xjv --> </BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:29:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947263#M6507 GrahamGiles 2011-04-18T17:29:42Z Re: MapInfo TAB and MID/MIF import/export within ArcView https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947264#M6508 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>TAB&nbsp;Reader 4.0 is a solution, but it`s quite hard to explain, why TAB&nbsp;Reader price is so expensive (ca 500 USD per license)...&nbsp; <!-- content transformation source ID: 00a3000000A7uhL --> </BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 May 2011 12:36:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947264#M6508 RanelSuurna 2011-05-13T12:36:00Z Re: MapInfo TAB and MID/MIF import/export within ArcView https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947265#M6509 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>You can use Quantum GIS for free to open TAB files and save them as SHP<BR /> <!-- content transformation source ID: 00a3000000CjtB0 --> </BODY></HTML> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:27:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947265#M6509 KarlWilson 2011-12-01T12:27:33Z Re: MapInfo TAB and MID/MIF import/export within ArcView https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947266#M6510 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>A direct mapinfo export would be very useful <!-- content transformation source ID: 00aE0000000Wv0s --> </BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:15:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947266#M6510 KieronGoucher 2012-10-30T10:15:35Z Re: MapInfo TAB and MID/MIF import/export within ArcView https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947267#M6511 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Working in Local Government, the split in GIS use seems to be between Map Info and ESRI Arc software. It is difficult to promote ESRI at times because of the Universal Translator Facility in Map Info which will convert to/from .shp file format <!-- content transformation source ID: 00aE00000032aZM --> </BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:03:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947267#M6511 CaroleQuilliam1 2013-10-03T08:03:37Z Re: MapInfo TAB and MID/MIF import/export within ArcView https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947268#M6512 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>It's things like this that make me realise that ESRI don't care about their users.<BR />A simple thing like a converter for MID/MIF to shapefile would not hurt their profit margins, but yet they remove from the latest versions.<BR />If MapInfo can provide a translator, what's stopping ESRI??<BR /><BR />(Dont get me started on the whole USB GPS issue)...<BR /><BR />Cheers <!-- content transformation source ID: 00aE0000006Frk8 --> </BODY></HTML> Sat, 26 Apr 2014 13:32:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/mapinfo-tab-and-mid-mif-import-export-within/idc-p/947268#M6512 DustinEdge 2014-04-26T13:32:30Z