[OGR] Problem with PROJECTION AUTO and MapInfo 7.0 files

[dmorissette]

Subject:           [mitab] RE: OGR - MapInfo 7.0
     Date:           Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:01:11 -0500
     From:           "Martin, Daniel" <DMartin@erac.com>
 Reply-To:           mitab@yahoogroups.com

I discovered something this morning.  It seems that previously mentioned
problem only occurs with the following definition in a LAYER object of a
MapServer map file:

PROJECTION
   AUTO
END

So, I suspect MITAB can't automatically determine the projection on a
MapInfo 7.0 layer.  Luckily, explicitly stating the projection has resolved
the problems I was having.

Thanks,
Dan Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: Martin, Daniel 
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 4:19 PM
To: mapserver-users@lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: [mapserver-users] OGR - MapInfo 7.0


I originally sent this message to the GDAL mailing list, but I got no
response.  So, I thought I would try here.

I've been using MapServer with MapInfo data through OGR support for MapInfo
TAB format since it was available. I recently upgraded to MapInfo 7.0. It
appears though that any data produced with 7.0 doesn't work in MapServer.

Can someone confirm: Is MapInfo 7.0 producing a new format?  If so, is that
format not currently supported by OGR?  Is there any timeline on support?

Thanks,
Dan Martin

[dmorissette]

Dan, I'll mark this fixed, this was probably a new projection code in MapInfo 
7.0 that OGR didn't support and I assume that it's been added by now since this 
bug is almost 1 year old.

If the issue still happens with the latest MapServer 4.0 and OGR 1.1.9 then 
please reopen and attach a sample file that reproduces the problem.