MapInfo Pro installs with the Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) 2021.1, which lets you open data directly to avoid having to translate it separately and work with copies of the data in .tab format. This FME opens following Universal Data formats:
- Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF – Supports AutoCAD file versions up to and including 2013
- Bentley MicroStation Design (V7) – Supports Intergraph Standard File Format (ISFF) Version 7
- Bentley MicroStation Design (V8) – Supports Intergraph Standard File Format (ISFF) Version 8
- ESRI ArcInfo Export (.e00) – Supports ArcGIS 10.x
- ESRI ArcSDE – Supports ArcSDE 10.x
- ESRI Geodatabase (File Geodatabase API) - Supports 10.0 File Geodatabases or higher
- ESRI Geodatabase (Personal Geodatabase) – Supports ArcGIS 10.x
- ESRI Shapefile (*.SHZ, *.SHP)
- Geography Markup Language (GML) - Reader supports GML versions 2.1.2, 3.1.1, and 3.2.1 and Writer supports GML versions 3.1.1 and 3.2.1
- Google KML – Supports KML 2.2
- 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 (SDTS) - Supports USGS DLG datasets that adheres to the SDTS Topological Vector Profile (TVP) and USGS Digital Elevation Model (DEM) datasets that adhere to the SDTS Raster Profile
- Vector Product Format (VPF) Coverage - Supports VPF data that is stored in a structure described in the Military Standard, Vector Product Format, MIL-STD-2407
Note: MapInfo Pro installs with a subset of FME that supports a limited number of
formats. You can install the complete FME Suite from Safe Software for additional
formats, and use it with mapInfo Pro. See Working with the FME
Suite for details. For the list of formats supported by the FME suit, see:
http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME
_ReadersWriters/Format-List-All.htm.
To open these data formats in MapInfo Pro, on the HOME tab, point to Open and select Universal Data.
To translate TAB files using FME in MapInfo Pro, on the HOME tab, in the Tools group, click Tool Extensions, and select Universal Translator.
To see what is new in FME 2019, see http://www.safe.com/fme/new.