The .prj associated with a shapefile is necessary if you use ArcMap. If you don't have this file and try to overlay a shapefile with another one who has a different projection, ArcMap will not be able to reproject it in real time.
Simon Roy GIS Specialist Carto-M�dia, Environnement Illimit� Montreal tel.:514-849-7281 Fax.:514-849-6770 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbert, Antoine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bergeron, Francois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:25 PM Subject: RE: MI-L .PRJ FILE created by MapInfo 7 after opening a SHAPE FILE Projection is stored in .tab file too You can delete the .prj file, you still can open the .tab(shp) in mapinfo.. but delete metadata in the .tab about projection cause not possible to open the .tab in mapinfo, even if the prj exist... so... this file look very useless, was wondering why mapinfo create it.. Antoine -----Message d'origine----- De : Bergeron, Francois Envoy� : 15 ao�t, 2002 16:01 � : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : MI-L .PRJ FILE created by MapInfo 7 after opening a SHAPE FILE Hi List, After opening a shape file (.shp), MapInfo 7 creates a .prj file. Does anyone know what is that file for? Thanks in advance! Kind regards, _______________________________ Fran�ois Bergeron / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consultant _______________________________ KOREM GEObroadcasting Technologies _______________________________ 680, Charest East Blvd., Suite 120 Quebec (Quebec) G1K 3J4 Tel.: (418) 647-1555 Fax: (418) 647-1666 1 888 440-1MAP www.korem.com _______________________________ * MapInfo Canadian Partner of the Year - 2001 * Best New MapInfo Partner 2000 - North America ______________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2544 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2545 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2559
