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MFworks offers a wide range of translator modules to import
data from a variety of different sources. These allow information to
be read from other GIS packages, graphics applications, word
processors, or spreadsheets and databases. MFworks is a raster GIS
package, therefore all data will converted into a set of pixels or
'rasterized'. This translation will usually be done automatically
when a file is imported into MFworks. Users may also choose to
manually control the file import and translation process.
A "Translators" menu has been
added to the Script window menu bar to construct file import and
export script statements.
This facility can be used to develop a script for
importing or exporting multiple files with ease.
Each item in the "Translator" menu has a submenu that
lists the modifiers for that translator.
File translators are augmented with the freely available
ArcView plug-in for MFworks.
File Translators Available
File Import to
MFworks
-
 ArcInfo
(Ungenerate)
- Imports and rasterizes the ARC/Info® coverages created with the
"ungenerate" command.
- ArcView
Shapefile
- Imports Shapefiles produced by ArcView®. The translator reads the spatial
information from the Shapefile and the attributes from the dBASE
file.
- BMP
(BitMap)
- Imports .BMP files. Windows version only.
- BNA
(ASCII Boundary Files)
- Input from ESRI PC ARC/INFO®, Strategic Mapping Atlas GIS®, Atlas
MapMaker®,
Atlas Pro®,
MapInfo Corp. MapInfo® and others.
- DEM
(Digital Elevation Models)
- Input from USGS ASCII DEM files and ARC/INFO® DEM
files.
- DXF
(Drawing eXchange Format)
- Imports DXF files produced by AutoCAD® and other drafting based programs.
Options are available to select the coordinate ranges and data
layers. There is also an option to treat object identifiers as
values (eg., elevation information).
- GIF
(new as of March 1999)
- Imports and exports .GIF files produced by a variety of
graphics programs. There is no data transported with this graphic
file.
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- MAP II
(Map Analysis Package II)
- Input from MAP II
- MIF
(MapInfo Interchange Format)
- Input from MapInfo.
- MIF/MID
(MapInfo Interchange Format)
- Imports and rasterizes MapInfo® (MIF/MID) files. The translator
reads the spatial information from the MIF file and the attribute
data from the MID file.
- PICT
(Picture)
- Input from most Macintosh drawing and mapping packages. MacOS
version only.
- InterChange (Raw Binary)
- Input from ESRI ARC/INFO GRID®, Landsat®, SPOT® and any other grid based,
interleaved or sequential formats.
- SDTS
(Digital Elevation Models)
- Input from USGS DEM files in SDTS format. New module as of
Nov. '98.
- SYLK
(SYmbolic Link Format)
- Input from standard spreadsheet applications.
- TEXT
(Delimited)
- Input from Microsoft Excel®, Word®, WordPerfect® and most other spreadsheet and word
processing applications.
- Text
(X,Y,Z Point File)
- Imports text files composed of a list of points. The X and Y
coordinates can be stored as Row/Column, Latitude/Longitude, or
UTM. Comma or Tab delimiters supported.
- TIFF/GeoTIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
- Inport and export of either the purely graphic format or with
the geo-referenced data. Suitable for both Windows and Macintosh
image-based applications. GeoTIFF available with with all
current version of MFworks or as an updated module as of Nov. '98.
File Export from MFworks
- MAP II
- Freeware raster GIS package from ThinkSpace Inc.
- PICT
- Bitmap graphic format. MacOS version only.
- BMP
- Bitmap graphic format. Windows version only.
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- GIF
- Bitmap graphic format. No data is transferred with this image
format, but it does produce web and PowerPoint® ready graphics of
your maps.
Raw Binary
Unformatted data file.
SYLK
Symbolic Link file for spreadsheets and databases.
TEXT
Comma or tab demilited text information (X,Y,Z).
TIFF/GeoTIFF
Graphic file suitable for word processor and layout use. GeoTIFF available with updated
module as of Nov. '98. Export allows either full GeoTIFF
specifications (default), or ArcView® "single
tie point" option.
EPS
Available only for the entire layout window contents.
WMF (Windows MetaFile)
Layout component export. Windows version only.
3DMF
Exports 3D Metafile data with a number of
user defined controls. MacOS version only.
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