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Chapter 12: Putting Your Data on the Map
6. Select the character set appropriate for this file from the File Character Set drop-down list .The
default option is Windows U.S. & Western Europe (ANSI), but make your selection based on
your local settings.
7. Select the appropriate projection for this file. The Projection field shows the following:
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If the Shapefile’s native projection is found and it matches an entry in the MAPINFOW.PRJ
file, the projection’s name displays in the Projection field.
• If a native projection is found but it is not in the MAPINFOW.PRJ file, a message displays in
this field: Not found in projection file and the name of the native projection displays.
• If a native projection is not found, the name of the currently selected table projection
preference displays in this field.
Continue with one of the following actions:
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If the application does not detect the Shapefile’s native projection, or there is no matching
supported projection in the MAPINFOW.PRJ file, click Projection to select one and click OK.
If the application detects a supported projection, MapInfo Professional selects the Use
Projection in Source File radio button and the Projection button is disabled. Do one of the
following:
- To use the detected projection, leave Use Projection in Source file selected and continue
to the next step.
- To choose a new projection, click Choose Projection and click the Projection button to
select a supported projection. In the Choose Projection dialog box, the source projection is
highlighted. Select the projection you want and click OK.
Note If you substitute the Shapefile’s native projection with a new one, the application does
not reproject the Shapefile’s objects and data using the new projection. Substituting
the Shapefile’s projection in this way may produce unexpected results.
8. Select the style and cache options for this file.
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Style – Select any line or region style overrides that are necessary for this image by clicking
the Style button. When you select this option, the appropriate style options dialog box
displays.
• Save Object Cache – Select this check box to save the *.MAP file to hard drive. If you
choose not to save the object cache, you will have to recreate the *.MAP file the next time
you open the shapefile file. However, if you are going to save the shapefile as a *.tab file, you
do not have to select the check box.
9. Click OK to create the .tab file and display the Shapefile.
Note If after you open the shapefile in MapInfo Professional, you edit the file in ESRI ArcView and
save the file, the contents of the *.MAP and *.DAT files are recreated to retain these edits
even if you selected Save Object Cache before.
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