[Geotiff] :MapInfo Tab files for GEOTIFFs

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 2/2/06, Russell Ron <Ron.Russell at ukho.gov.uk> wrote:
> We have a (old?) version of ListGeo that is used to produce MapInfo .tab
> files from GEOTIFFs, to allow them to be loaded into an application that
> uses MapInfo MapX.  This version of ListGeo (with the –tab switch) has been
> here longer than I have and I do not know its history!
>
> I have just tracked down some inconsistencies in position of data in
> different layers in our application to the fact that the tab files we are
> using all specify that the datum is OSGB1936 and the projection is Mercator,
> despite the fact that most of the Geotiffs specify that the datum is WGS 84
> and that at least some of them are Transverse Mercator.
>
> Does anyone recognise this switch? Does it just not work and that is why it
> has disappeared, or is there something wrong with our environment, for
> example I was wondering if it needs access to CSV files?
>
> How else can we create suitable .tab files from GEOTIFFS?

Ron,

As far as I know, this must have been a custom extension
at your site.  I don't think it was ever part of the public
listgeo.

I have no suggestions on how to fix it to produce proper .tabs.

Best regards,
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