Mapinfo Universal Translator
Viewing Historic data in MapInfo ProfessionalOnce you have downloaded your historic data in tiff format, you can open it in MapInfo Professional to view it. This document details the steps needed to view your data in MapInfo Professional.There may be resources within your own institution or Department to help you learn MapInfo. MapInfo includes on-line tutorials and help which can be accessed from the Help menu.IntroductionMapInfo Professional is a desktop GIS which can be used to view your data. MapInfo reads data in a format known as TAB (all data is held in a TAB - or table - file) although MapInfo Professional can also be used to read other formats (using the Universal Translator).The steps covered here are intended only to help you get the downloaded data into MapInfo Professional. Guidance on using MapInfo Professional is beyond the scope of this document. There may be resources within your own institution or Department or on the to help you learn MapInfo Professional.Accessing MapInfoMapInfo Professional runs on a Windows platform.
Instructions for starting MapInfo Professional will vary depending on how it is installed at your institution so you will need to find out how to run it locally. Usually a program can be run by either double clicking on an icon on the desktop, or by locating the program under the Windows Start menu (this may be at the following location: Start Programs MapInfo MapInfo Professional Version 5.5)Starting MapInfoStart MapInfo Professional. The main MapInfo window appears on screen. Click Cancel in the Quick Start window. The example here shows the result when MapInfo 6.5 starts. Your version of MapInfo may look slightly different depending on the way it has been installed.Preparing the dataWhen you have downloaded the data you will find that the tiff image will be accompanied by several other files in a folder.
AND AN ARCVIEW FILE TO A MAPINFO FILE 1. Open MapInfo 2. From the Main Menu Bar select Tools Universal Translator Universal Translator. A Universal Translator window should open. From the Source menu, for the Format scroll down and select MapInfo.TAB. For the File(s) selec t the button on the end with the 3 dots, and then locate the.
Universal Translator Tool
The MapInfo Universal Translator translates files in MapInfo formats to other. When translating DWG/DXF to TAB/MIF, the Universal Translator does not. .Tools: The Tools menu is an important feature of MapInfo. It is from here that you may run programs from MapInfo’s programming language, MapBasic, load new tools, launch the Mapping Wizard Tool, view the Metadata (data about the data, such as its source) and access the Universal Translator.