Some times when you are creating a map in MapInfo Pro and you are storing the results in PostGIS you create maps which use geometries that are not supported: PostGIS does not support arcs, ellipses, rectangles, and rounded rectangles.
If you try to save a map with unsupported spatial geometry types in PostGIS, these are the results:
- Spatial Geometry Types with All Unsupported Objects: If you have created a map that might contain all of the unsupported objects and you are trying to save to PostGIS, this message displays:
Table has unsupported objects (rounded rectangles, ellipses or arcs). Convert to regions and/or polylines?Click Yes to convert the unsupported objects to regions or polylines; you would select No to decline to convert the unsupported objects. If you decline, you cannot save the map you have created to the PostGIS database.
- Spatial Geometry types with Region Objects Only: If you have created a map that contains region objects only and you are trying to save to PostGIS, this message displays:
Table has unsupported objects (rounded rectangles or ellipses). Convert to regions?Click Yes to convert the unsupported objects to regions; you would select No to decline to convert the unsupported objects. If you decline, you cannot save the map you have created to the PostGIS database.
- For Spatial Geometry types with Line Objects Only: If you have created a map that contains line objects only and you are trying to save to PostGIS, this message displays:
Arc is an unsupported object. Convert to polylines?Click Yes to convert the unsupported objects to polylines; you would select No to decline to convert the unsupported objects. If you decline, you cannot save the map you have created to the SQL Server Spatial database.
- For Spatial Geometry of type Rectangle: If you have created a map that contains rectangle objects and you are trying to save to PostGIS, this message displays:
Cannot upload Object - Rectangle object type is not supported in this table. Operation canceled.Click OK. You cannot save the map you have created to the PostGIS database.