MapInfo and FME provide a powerful combination for managing spatial data. FME provides MapInfo users direct access to over 275 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.
MapInfo
Professional 10.5 |
MapInfo Professional 10.5 + FME Oracle Edition2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formats Supported | Read |
Write |
Read |
Write |
| AutoCAD DWG/DXF | ● |
● |
● |
● |
| Esri ArcInfo Export E00 | ● |
● |
● |
● |
| Esri ArcSDE1 | ●1 |
- |
●1 |
●1 |
| Esri Geodatabase (MDB)1 | ●1 |
- |
●1 |
●1 |
| Esri Shapefile | ● |
● |
● |
● |
| MicroStation Design V7 / V8 | ● |
● |
● |
● |
| Spatial Database Transfer Standard (SDTS) | ● |
- |
● |
● |
| Vector Product Format Coverage (VPF) | ● |
- |
● |
● |
| Microsoft SQL Server Spatial | - |
- |
● |
● |
| GeoConcept | - |
- |
● |
● |
| GeoRSS | - |
- |
● |
● |
| GML | - |
- |
● |
● |
| Google Earth KML / KML 2.1 | ● |
- |
● |
● |
| ASPRS LiDAR Data Exchange Format (LAS) | - |
- |
● |
● |
| Intergraph GeoMedia Access Warehouse | - |
- |
● |
● |
| Intergraph GeoMedia SQL Server Warehouse | - |
- |
● |
● |
| Intergraph MGE | - |
- |
● |
● |
| Job XML | - |
- |
● |
- |
| S-57 | - |
- |
● |
● |
| SQLite 3 | - |
- |
● |
● |
| TIGER/GML | - |
- |
● |
● |
| Total Formats Supported | 11 |
190+3 |
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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.
2 MapInfo can also be used with other FME editions, depending on your format requirements.
3 View the complete list of supported formats in FME.
| Product Capabilities | MapInfo Professional 10.5
| MapInfo Pro 10.5 + 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 400 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 via command-line interfaces** |
* FME ArcGIS Data Interop Edition is available for licensed owners of ArcGIS Data Interoperability only.
** Deprecation Notice for Linux 32 (linux-x86)
We are planning to deprecate support for the Linux 32 platform, starting with FME 2012. If this would affect you in any way, please read this important notice. - Read More
