> Marc Plato wrote:
> Problem, I have exported the area needed from the tab, to a MIF file,
> but when I import it to Map, I get only the grid, but none of the
> information associated with it, the grid number. Did I need to do
> other steps while exporting in order to get all of the information
> needed?
Hi Marc
You probably need to check the settings for the import of data, or maybe
prepare an external table for the attribute data that can be linked to
the drawing file objects. Check with your AutoCad support, because all
the information is in the mif/mid file.
You need to remember that CAD systems basically are designed to handle
'papers in a computer', in this case drawings or paper maps. They are
not database oriented but file and drawing oriented.
Their capabilities to handle and query other than graphic attributes are
at the best, an afterthought and not designed into the original concept.
This is one of the major differences between GIS and CAD systems, and a
constant source of trouble when data must be exchanged.
It has been said that it would be easier to convert a relational
database system to a GIS than to do the same with a CAD system.
I agree, and as a good example I would like to mention Intergraphs
GeoMedia where the MS-Access format is the database engine.
Mats.E
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