batch convert mif to shp

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Dear all,

Do you know any effective way to convert a directory with several *.mif files to shapefiles? Please note that my files are in *. mif format not mapinfo tab one. A solution to convert all to mapinfo tab then to shapefile is also acceptable.
thanks in advance

Eh237

Posted 14-Mar-13 5:58am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 14-Mar-13 13:22pm

Batch?! Well, do you have the code to convert just one? Do you understand that a directory is not a problem at all, no matter how you do it?
—SA

Member 9910835 14-Mar-13 13:41pm

you may not know there are lots of software converting one easily.for your information QGIS is one of them.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 14-Mar-13 19:40pm

What's the problem, then? Do you have at least one working in console?
—SA

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fjdiewornncalwe · Answer 1 · 2013-03-14T07:47:00

Solution 1

You may wish to refer to this thread where someone has done this: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlspatial/thread/0cc4b50e-7dcd-4bbf-982f-3e9346b3dcab[^]

Posted 14-Mar-13 7:47am

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Member 9910835 14-Mar-13 14:04pm

Thanks Marcus. The problem is that I do not have mapinfo software installed on my pc.

Member 14186325 · Answer 2 · 2019-03-18T00:27:00

For convert only:

for %%i in (.\mid\*.mif) do (
for %%n in (POINT LINESTRING POLYGON MULTIPOLYGON MULTIPOINT MULTILINESTRING) do (
"ogr2ogr" -skipfailures .\shp\%%~ni_%%n.shp %%i -nlt "%%n" -where "OGR_GEOMETRY='%%n'"
)
)

And for add geometry to one shapefile by geometry type:

for %%g in (POINT LINESTRING POLYGON MULTIPOLYGON MULTIPOINT MULTILINESTRING) do (
for %%s in (.\shp\*%%g.shp) do (
if not  EXIST .\all_shp\all_%%g.shp (
"ogr2ogr" -skipfailures .\all_shp\all_%%g.shp %%s
) else (
"ogr2ogr" -skipfailures -update -append .\all_shp\all_%%g.shp %%s -nln all_%%g
)
)
)

.\mid\ - mif file folder, .\shp\ - converted shapefile folder, .\all_shp\ result folder