MIF File Header - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

MapInfo data is in two files - the graphics reside in a .MIF file and textual data is contained in a .MID file. The textual data is delimited data, with one row per record and either Carriage Return, Carriage Return plus Line Feed, or Line Feed between lines. The MIF file has two areas - the file header area and the data section. Information on how to create MapInfo tables is in the header; the graphical object definitions are in the data section.

This is a description of MIF file header with optional information in square brackets.

VERSION n
NAME
[ no spaces allowed in the column name ]
Charset "characterSetName" 
[ DELIMITER "<c>" ] 
[ UNIQUE n,n.. ] 
[ INDEX n,n.. ]
[ COORDSYS...]
[ TRANSFORM...]
COLUMNS n 
	<name> <type>
	<name> <type>
		.
		.
DATA