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