Discover / MapInfo Professional: Supported data formats by suffix

Format Suffix Import Tool Notes

Tabular and Vector data

Spatial Data Transfer Standard Vector Product Format (VPF) Vulcan triangulation 3D Studio files ESRI TIN Vulcan Archive ERMapper Datamine ASCII Gemcom binary triangulation Comma Separated ASCII Comma Separated ASCII MicroMine data dBase Bentely MicroStation Design Datamine wireframe Surpac Vector AutoCAD AutoCAD AutoCAD AutoCAD ESRI ArcInfo Export ERMapper vector Bentely MicroStation Design i GAS ioGAS Geosoft Database Geographic Markup Language OS MasterMap GPS eXchange ModelVision Hole files MapInfo DOS Image Log ASCII Standard Located Data ModelVision Line files MapInfo DOS Access Access ESRI GeoDatabase MapInfo Interchange MapInfo DOS GOCAD vector Bentely MicroStation Design ModelVision Point files ESRI shapefiles MineSight string MicroMine strings Surpac String Amira GOCAD vector Datamine Delimited ASCII GemSys Text Text GOCAD vector Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet Excel Geographic Markup Language *CATD.DDF .*FT .00T .3DS .ADF .ARCH_D .ASC .ASCII .BT2 .CSV .CSV .DAT .DBF .DGN .DM .DTM .DWG .DXF .DXF .DXF .E00 .ERV .FC1 .GAS GAS .GDB .GML .GML .GPX .HOL .IMG .LAS .LDT .LIN .MBI .MDB .MDB .MDB .MIF .MMI .PL .POS .PTS .SHP .SRG .STR .STR .TEM .TS .TXT .TXT .TXT .TXT .TXT .VS .WK* .XLS .XML File>Universal Translator File>Universal Translator Discover>Import and Export>Transform Vector Discover>Import and Export>Transform Vector Discover>Import and Export>Transform Vector Discover>Import and Export>Vulcan Archive Import Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import Discover>Import and Export>Datamine ASCII Import Discover>Import and Export>Gemcom BT2 Import File>Open Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import Discover>Import and Export>Micromine Import File>Open File>Universal Translator Discover>Import and Export>Transform Vector Discover>Import and Export>Transform Vector File>Universal Translator File>Universal Translator Discover>Import and Export>DXF Import Table>Import File>Universal Translator Discover>Import and Export>Transform Vector File>Universal Translator T l >T lM Tools>ToolManager Discover>Import and Export>Geosoft Database Import File>Open or Table>Import Table>Import Discover>Import and Export>Transform Vector Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import Table>Import Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import Table>Import File>Open DBMS Connection File>Open File>Open Universal Data Table>Import Table>Import Discover>Import and Export>Transform Vector File>Universal Translator Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import File>Open Discover>Import and Export>MineSight SRG Import Discover>Import and Export>Micromine Import Discover>Import and Export>Surpac String Import Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import Discover>Import and Export>Transform Vector Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import File>Open Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import File>Open Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import Discover>Import and Export>Transform Vector File>Open File>Open File>Open or Table>Import

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Discover / MapInfo Professional: Supported data formats by suffix

Format
Geosoft XYZ acQuire Database DataShed database ESRI ArcSDE Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Spatial SQL Server

Suffix
.XYZ

Import Tool

Notes

Discover>Import and Export>Advanced ASCII Import #6 Discover>Import and Export>acQuire Database Import Discover>Import and Export>Datashed Database Import File>Open Universal Data #1 #3 #1 (in MI File>Universal Translator 9.5) File>Open DBMS Connection

Note 1 : Read-only Note 2 : For the creation of live or refreshable database links Note 3 : Requires ArcGIS/ArcInfo to be installed. Note 4 : One-off static import Note 5 : Automatically stores attribute elevation data Note 5a : Works with most DXF formats, but least flexible Note 6 : Import templates , projection assigment, native file creation

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Discover / MapInfo Professional: Supported data formats by suffix

Format Suffix Import Tool Notes

Raster Images
SPOT satellite Bitmap Bitmap .BIL .BMP .BMP File>Open File>Open Discover>Images>Rectify Image File>Open Discover>Import and Export File>Open File>Open Discover>Images>Rectify Image File>Open File>Open File>Open File>Open Discover>Images>Rectify Image File>Open File>Open File>Open Discover>Images>Rectify Image File>Open File>Open File>Open File>Open Discover>Images>Rectify Image File>Open O File>Open

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ERMapper Enhanced Compression Wavelet .ECW Encom PA Located Images Enhanced Metafile Graphics Interchange Format Graphics Interchange Format Vertical Mapper Vertical Mapper JPEG 2000 Joint Photographic Experts Group Joint Photographic Experts Group National Imagery Transmission Format PC Paintbrush Exchange Portable Networks Graphics Portable Networks Graphics Adobe Photoshop Version 3.0 MrSID Targa GeoTIFF Tagged Image File Format Tagged Image File Format Windows Media Format .EGB .EMF .GIF .GIF .GRC .GRD .JP2 .J2K .JPG .JPG .NTF .PCX .PNG .PNG .PSD .SID .TGA .TIFF .TIFF .TIFF .TFW .WMF

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#11 #8 #7 #10

Note 7 : Accurate 'rubber-sheet' rectification i.e. image is stretched, skemed and warped to accommodate control points Note 8 : Imports embedded projection information Note 9 : Support for automatic coordinate registration via .J2W world file Note 10 : Support for automatic coordinate registration via .TFW world file Note 11 : Truevision File Format Specification 2.0 Note 12 : GRD files can be treated as either a grid or raster image. If the associated .TAB file contains a RasterStyle 6 entry, the file will be treated as a

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Discover / MapInfo Professional: Supported data formats by suffix

Format Suffix Import Tool Notes

Gridded Surfaces
ARC Binary Grid files ASCII Text ESRI ASCII Grid Band Interleaved by Line ASCII Text GTOPO30 USGS DEM Grid files DTED ER Mapper ARC Grid Vertical Mapper Encom Grid files GeoPak Geosoft Landmark Grid files Surfer Surfer ASCII Grid files Surfer binary Grid files Vertical Mapper ASEG files HGT data (e.g. SRTM) MapInfo grid files USGS DEM SDTS .ADF .ASC .ASC .BIL .CSV .DEM .DEM .DT* .ERS .FLT .IMG .TXT .GRC .GRD .GRD .GRD .GRD .GRD .GRD .GRD .GRD .GXF .HGT .MIG .TAR TAR Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File File>Open Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert File>Open Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File File>Open Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert Di Discover>Surfaces>Import >S f >I t Grid G id Fil File Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File Discover>Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Convert Discover>Surfaces>Import Grid File

#13 #13

GeoTIFF files with embedded elevation data .TIF ASCII Text USGS Grid Files Minex .TXT .USG .XYZ

Note 13: Files are imported as read-only; they cannot be used to create grid files with MapInfo Professional's Create Grid Thematic interpolation process

Drillholes
gINT WinLog .GPJ .MDB Discover>Drillholes>Import or Export>gINT Importer Discover>Drillholes>Import or Export.WinLog Importer

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