MapInfo Interchange Format

MapInfo Interchange Format is a map and database exporting/importing file format of MapInfo software product. The MIF-file filename usually ends with .mif-suffix. MIF-files usual have a related MID-file. The filename of a MID-file usually ends with .mid-suffix. If MID-file not exist, on import, MapInfo stores empty data to every data columns of created "Mapinfo Table".

MapInfo Interchange Format
Filename extension
.mif
Developed byMapInfo
Type of formatGIS

MIF-file contains Block with the description of attributive Data-columns and Blocks that stores Geomentry Objects.

MID-file is CSV-like format to store the attributive Data. Each line in MID-file is related with the same order Geometry Block (Geometry Object) in MIF-file.

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