You can open the following file types in MapInfo Pro on the HOME tab by pointing to Open:
- ACCDB – Microsoft Access 2007 or later files
- CSV – Comma Delimited files
- DBF – dBASE DBF files
- MDB – Microsoft Access files
- TAB – MapInfo .TAB files (includes MapInfo Extended – Type NATIVEX)
- Raster image files – (*.adf, *.asc, *.bil, *.bip, *.bsq, *.dat, *.dem, *.dt0, *.dt1, *.dt2, *.ecw, *.ers, *.flt, *.grc, *.grd, *. gxf, *.img, *.j2c, *.j2k, *.jp2, *.jpc, *.jpx, *.kap, *.mrr, *.mvr, *.jpx, *.sid, *.tif, *.tiff, *.vrt, *.xml, *.xyz, *.zip)
- SHP – ESRI Shapefiles
- TXT – Delimited ASCII files
- WKS – Lotus 1-2-3 files (*.wk1, *.wks, *.wk3, *.wk4)
- WOR – MapInfo workspace files
- MWS – MapInfo workspace files
- XLS – Microsoft Excel files
- XLSX – Microsoft Excel 2007 or later files
- Grid images – (*.adf, *.flt, *.txt, *.asc, *.img, *.dem, *.dt0, *.dt1, *.dt2, *.mig, *.grd). This release does not support .XLSM and .XLSB Excel files.
- GPKG – GeoPackage files
- OGR – Uses the GDAL OGR Vector File library to read and write many file types.
Importing File Formats
You can import the following file formats into MapInfo Pro using the Universal Translator (on the HOME tab, point to Open and click Universal Data. From the Specify Data Source dialog, click Browse the gallery to open the FME Reader Gallery dialog.):
- Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF (.dxf, .dwg) — up to AutoCAD rel 2013
- Bentley MicroStation Design 7 (.dgn)
- Bentley MicroStation Design 8 (.pos, .fc1, .dgn)
- ESRI ArcInfo Export (.e00)
- ESRI ArcSDE
- ESRI Geodatabase (File GeoDB API) (.gdb)
- ESRI Geodatabase (Personal Geodatabase) (.mdb)
- GML (Geography Markup Language) (.gml, .xml, .gz)
- Google Earth KML (.kmz, kml)
- OS MasterMap Database – Supports Cadcorp OS MasterMap Database data.
- OS VectorMap District – Reader supports GML data in OS VectorMap District format.
- OS VectorMap Local – Reader supports GML data in OS VectorMap Local format.
- Spatial Data Transfer Standard, such as TR01CATD.DDF (*CATD.DFF)
- Vector Product Format (VPF) Coverage, such as POAREA.AFT, POLINE.LFT, POPOINT.PFT (.*ft)
You can import the following file formats into MapInfo Pro on the HOME tab by selecting Open and then pointing to Import:
- DXF – The graphic/data interchange format (DXF) for AutoCAD and other CAD packages
- GML – OS MasterMap format
- GML, XML – Geographic Markup Language (GML) 2.1
- IMG – A file format for MapInfo Pro for DOS image files
- MBI – MapInfo Pro Boundary Interchange format (MBI) An ASCII file for MapInfo DOS boundary files.
- MIF – MapInfo Pro Interchange Format (MIF) MapInfo Pro’s data interchange format (ASCII file format).
- MMI – MapInfo DOS MMI
MapInfo Pro imports graphics and textual information from MapInfo Pro Interchange Format, DXF, MBI, and MMI files. MapInfo Pro imports only graphics from IMG.
Supported Raster Image File Formats
The following are the Raster image file formats that MapInfo Pro supports:
- ADF – ArcInfo coverage Data File (ADF)
- ASC – ASCII text file
- BIL – Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) satellite images Spot Image Formats 1.5 and 4.0: 8 Bit Gray, Format 1.5, 8 Bit Gray, Format 4.0, 24 Bit Color, Format 1.5, 24 Bit Color, Format 4.0
- BIP – Band Interleaved by Pixel
- BSQ – Band Sequential
- BMP – Windows bitmap (BMP) Monochrome: 8 Bit Color, 24 Bit Color
- DAT – Datum, contain data in text or binary format
- DEM – Digital Elevation Model
- DT0, DT1, DT2 – Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) Level 0, 1, and 2
- filename.* – Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphic (CADRG) format
- filename.* – Controlled Image Base (CIB) format
- ECW – Enhanced Compression Wavlet (ECW) format handler by ER Mapper
- EMF – Enhanced Metafile Format
- ERS – European Remote Sensing
- FLT – Image Filter (FLT)
- GEN – ARC Digitized Raster Graphic (ADRG) format
- GEN – ARC Standard Raster Product to 1.2 (ASRP) 1.2 format
- GIF – Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
- GIF – Graphics Interchange Format (GIF89a) non-interlaced only Monochrome: 8 Bit Color
- GRC – Grid, or MapInfo Vertical Mapper
- GRD – Classified Grid, or MapInfo Vertical Mapper
MapInfo Pro treats GRD files as either a grid or raster image. If the associated .TAB file contains a RasterStyle 6 entry, then MapInfo Pro treats the file as a grid.
- IMG – ERDAS IMAGINE File Format
- JFIF – JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF)
8 Bit Gray, 24 Bit Color, No Subsampling, 24 Bit Color, YUV422 Subsampling, 24 Bit Color, YUV411 Subsampling
- JP2 – Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) 2000 format
MapInfo Pro supports creating JPEG 2000 files using Save Window As and viewing JPEG 2000 files using the LeadTools raster handler.
- JPG – Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG)
- JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
8 Bit Gray, 24 Bit Color, No Subsampling, 24 Bit Color, YUV422 Subsampling, 24 Bit Color, YUV411 Subsampling
- MRR – Multi-Resolution Raster
- NTF – National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) version 2.x format
- PCX – ZSoft Paintbrush
- PCX – Format Version 5 (Paintbrush Version 3.0)
Monochrome, 8 Bit Gray, 8 Bit Color, 24 Bit Color
- PNG – Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format
- PSD – Photoshop 3.0
- SID – MrSID format
The MrSID raster handler allows you to open and display raster images compressed in the MrSID format
- TGA – Targa
TGA Truevision File Format Specification 2.0. 8 Bit Gray, 8 Bit Color, 24 Bit Color
- TIF – Geographic Tagged Image File Format (GeoTIFF)
- TIF – Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
TIFF Revision 5.0, Monochrome (Class B), Uncompressed, Monochrome (Class B), PackBits Compression, 8 Bit Gray (Class G), Uncompressed, 8 Bit Color (Class P), Uncompressed, 24 Bit Color (Class R), Uncompressed
- TIF – Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) CMYK
- TIF – Tagged Information File Format (TIFF) CCITT Group 4
- TIF – Tagged Information File Format (TIFF) LZW
- TXT – Text
- URL – Uniform Resource Locator
- VRT – Virtual Format
- WMF – Windows Metafile Format(WMF)
The raster handler will load a rasterized version of the WMF file.
- ZIP – a compressed file containing raster format files