MapInfo and FME Comparison
MapInfo and FME provide a powerful combination for managing spatial data. FME provides MapInfo users direct access to over 200 additional formats and also extends the capabilities of MapInfo products. With FME, MapInfo users also gain access to FME Workbench, a powerful data transformation tool.
See the Supported Formats and Product Capabilities Charts below for a comparison of the capabilities of MapInfo, and MapInfo extended by FME.
Supported Formats Chart
MapInfo
Professional 9.0 |
MapInfo Professional 9.0 + FME Oracle Edition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formats Supported | Read |
Write |
Read |
Write |
| AutoCAD DWG/DXF | ● |
● |
● |
● |
| ESRI ArcInfo Export E00 | ● |
● |
● |
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| ESRI ArcSDE1 | ●1 |
- |
● |
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| ESRI Geodatabase (MDB)1 | ●1 |
- |
● |
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| ESRI Shapefile | ● |
● |
● |
● |
| MicroStation Design | ● |
● |
● |
● |
| Spatial Database Transfer Standard (SDTS) | ● |
- |
● |
● |
| Vector Product Format Coverage (VPF) | ● |
- |
● |
● |
| GeoConcept | - |
- |
● |
● |
| GeoRSS | - |
- |
● |
● |
| GML | - |
- |
● |
● |
| Google Earth KML / KML 2.1 | - |
- |
● |
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| Intergraph GeoMedia Access Warehouse | - |
- |
● |
● |
| Intergraph GeoMedia SQL Server Warehouse | - |
- |
● |
● |
| Intergraph MGE | - |
- |
● |
● |
| Job XML | - |
- |
● |
- |
| S-57 | - |
- |
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● |
| SQLite 3 | - |
- |
● |
● |
| TIGER/GML | - |
- |
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| Total Formats Supported | 8 |
150+** |
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1 Requires applicable ESRI software licenses. Importing data from these sources into TAB or MIF is not supported. Users must upgrade to a full license of FME.
**View the complete
list of supported formats in FME 2008 .
Product Capabilities Chart
| Product Capabilities | MapInfo Professional 9.0
| MapInfo Pro 9.0
+ FME Oracle Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Direct read into MapInfo | ● |
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| Access to FME's Workbench application for stand-alone batch translation and more than 300 data transformation options | - |
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| Bulk load into Oracle | - |
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| Able to use format plug-ins developed by third parties | - |
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| Able to create custom formats (PDF) | - |
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| Platforms supported | Windows | Windows Also supports HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, Linux, Mac OSX via command-line interfaces |