GIS Data Translators
This page contains links to Open Source GIS data translation libraries, format information and conversion programs.
Arc/Info E00 and binary coverages:
- AVCE00 - C library that makes Arc/Info (binary) vector coverages appear as ASCII E00 files!
- E00Compr - C library to Read/Write Compressed E00 Files.
- THE Arc/Info Export (E00) Format Analysis document that's been around for quite a while (broken link).
- My updated version of this Arc/Info Export (E00) Format Analysis (Reformatted in HTML, and with a couple of sections and clarifications added).
- Arc/Info Binary Vector Coverage Format Analysis
MapInfo:
- MITAB - A C++ library to read/write MapInfo .TAB (binary) and .MIF/.MID files.
- The latest MapInfo Interchange File (MIF) Format Specification (.pdf), at the MapInfo-L Clearinghouse
- Useful Sites for MapInfo Users (or http://hello.to/maps/)
ArcView:
- ShapeLib - A C library to read/write ArcView Shape files by Frank Warmerdam.
See also:
- GDAL by Frank Warmerdam.
- List of Open Source File Format Conversion Tools at http://freegis.org/.
- Val Mushinskiy's formats page (broken link)
- Wotsit's GIS format information
- Links to GIS data format information at TenLinks.Com
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Last Update: July 26, 2006 Daniel Morissette, dmorissette@mapgears.com