> Is this the only way? MI is very weak in its reprojection cabablities.

On the contrary, MapInfo is quite strong in this area.

You have to understand: MapInfo was designed so that a table's
projection would be *transparent* to the ordinary user.  Tables
have intrinsic projections, so that MapInfo's on-the-fly projection
engine can display layers in different projections together.

This puts a responsibility on the person who develops the data:
Identify the correct projection in the first place.

"Reprojecting" a table in the sense that you specify means "going
back and fixing the data developer's mistake in not specifying the
table's projection correctly."

Your best bet is to re-import the table from the original source
and specify the correct projection then.  If you bought this data
from someone and it was already in MapInfo format, demand
they fix the table and ship you a corrected version.

As a fallback, follow the suggestions of other users: Export, fix, and
re-import. If you export to MID/MIF, edit the MIF file in Notepad, inserting
the correct Coordsys clause (for the UTM projection)

That said, MapInfo doesn't behave correctly when saving a table from an
Earth projection to a Nonearth projection, or vice-versa.  This action
should merely substitute one intrinsic projection for another (leaving
internal coordinate values and bounds unaffected), or be IMPOSSIBLE.

Hope this helps
Spencer





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