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annette2
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Hi,

I have received a text file to convert to polygons with donuts but I am unfamiliar with the format. Does anyone have any experience with a file with the following header:

Version 780 Charset "WindowsLatin1" Delimiter "," CoordSys Earth Projection 20, 109, "m", 5.387638889, 52.156160556, 0.9999079, 155000, 463000 Bounds (13558, 306866) (278118, 619026) Columns 1 RxLev Char(9) Data

Region 789 36733 278118 583666 278038 583666 278038 583746 278038 583825.9999 278038 583906 277958.0001 583906 277958.0001 583986 277878 583986 277798 583986 277718 583986 277638.0001 583986 277558 583986 277478 583986 277478 583906 277398 583906 277398 583986 277318.0001 583986 277238 583986 277158 583986 277158 584065.9999 277078 584065.9999The end of the file has the following information: 7 16518.0001 365666 16438 365666 16438 365585.9999 16438 365506 16518.0001 365506 16518.0001 365585.9999 16518.0001 365666 5 199958 461506 199878 461506 199878 461425.9999 199958 461425.9999 199958 461506 5 119558 386306 119478 386306 119478 386225.9999 119558 386225.9999 119558 386306 Pen (1,0,0) Brush (1,0,16777215) Center 145838 462946

 

Any information would be appreciated.Thanks,Annette

Best answer by redgeographics

It kinda looks like the .mif file of a MapInfo mif/mid pair (the .mif holds the geometry, the .mid holds the data)

If you don't have an accompanying .mid file it might be hard to get this into FME though.

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It kinda looks like the .mif file of a MapInfo mif/mid pair (the .mif holds the geometry, the .mid holds the data)

If you don't have an accompanying .mid file it might be hard to get this into FME though.

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redgeographics wrote:

It kinda looks like the .mif file of a MapInfo mif/mid pair (the .mif holds the geometry, the .mid holds the data)

If you don't have an accompanying .mid file it might be hard to get this into FME though.

To elaborate: the .mid file holds all the attributes, it's essentially a comma-separated file. Record 1 in the .mid goes with object 1 in the .mif and so on. You could fake it but you'd have to know how many objects there are in the .mif file

 

 

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redgeographics wrote:

It kinda looks like the .mif file of a MapInfo mif/mid pair (the .mif holds the geometry, the .mid holds the data)

If you don't have an accompanying .mid file it might be hard to get this into FME though.

I agree with @redgeographics, you'd expect to have a pair of files and assuming you can find them both FME will have no trouble with them using the MapInfo Interchange format MIF/MID. That said, when the files get split up things can get confusing because Windows does quite like to associate the MID file with Windows Media Player, thinking that its some sort of MIDI file! Godd luck tracking it down...

 

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Thanks Hans and Dave. Contacting the supplier of the file to get the rest of the data.

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