About TAB Reader

TAB Reader is an add-in and plug-in datasource for ArcGIS Pro allowing direct reading of MapInfo TAB and MIF files and workspaces in ArcGIS Pro with retention of existing native TAB rendering, symbology properties and information about spatial reference. At that, TAB Reader provides tools for importing TAB files to ArcGIS Pro, converting MapInfo workspaces (.wor) to map views in ArcGIS Pro project and exporting data from ArcGIS to TAB format.

 

 

 

TAB Reader key features

 

• Attribute data support

• Simple shapes (points, multipoints, polylines, polygons) support

• Text data support

• Coordinate system support

• TAB spatial indexes support

• Native MapInfo TAB rendering support *

• Converting TAB files to ArcGIS geodatabase

• Converting maps and layers from MapInfo workspaces to ArcGIS map views keeping layer order and its transparency, and thematic map settings

• Exporting data from ArcGIS Pro to MapInfo TAB format

• Loading symbols from TAB file to feature layer

 

* Unlike ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension TAB Reader supports native TAB files rendering properties and symbology.

 

System requirements

 

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows 8/10

• Requisite software:

- ArcGIS Pro 3.0

- Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2013 (vcredist_x64.exe)