What about Microsoft's answer to Google Earth:

http://local.live.com/


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Havermale
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:02 PM
To: James M. Kelly; John Elliot
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Subject: RE: [MI-L] MI raster to Shape file


There may be very interesting opportunity to use the recent MapInfo to Google 
exporter for like transfers between systems..  Export selected objects or the 
active window as a KLV or KLM(?).  These formats are XML-like and should be of 
universal appeal as data formats and its metadata are increasingly shifted 
towards Google Earth and Virtual Earth designs.
 
 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of James M. Kelly
Sent: Mon 19/12/2005 11:54 PM
To: John Elliot
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [MI-L] MI raster to Shape file



John

I world file is simply a text file that contains some information about
the coordinate values of the image, but no coordinate system
information.  I have not used ArcPad, but I would imagine that the world
files are standard old ESRI format.

There is a free mbx on the directions website that is called TABtoTFW or
something like that, which can be used to create a TFW (for tiff files)
from TAB files.  I have found some problems using this when the raster
is screen registered in MapInfo, so I would use it with caution. 

Cheers

James

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John
Elliot
Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 3:42 PM
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Subject: [MI-L] MI raster to Shape file

I am running MapInfo 5.5 and have installed ArcPad 6.0.3 on a handheld.

Is it possible to transfer a raster map from MapInfo to ArcPad.  I
understand that ArcPad needs both a World File and a Projection File
(datum
file) in order to be able to recognise raster images.  The Projection
Files
come with ArcPad but it seems World Files have to be created with one of
the
other Arc software packages.   When I try to translate a raster map to a
Shape file using Universal Translator it fails to translate and gives a
message that it could not find any layers.

Is there a utility, preferably at "mate's rates", that would do this
job?


John Elliot
Bathurst, NSW 2795, AUSTRALIA
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