MIF SHP
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Convert MIF to SHP

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Is it possible to convert MIF to SHP?
Yes - MIF converts to SHP.

The most common need: convert MIF/MID to ESRI Shapefile for use in ArcGIS and most GIS tools. QGIS (Export > Save Features As) or GDAL's ogr2ogr does it losslessly, preserving geometry, attributes and (with the CoordSys clause) the projection.

Also to SHP: TAB · GML · OSM

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How to convert MIF to SHP

Converting a .MIF file to .SHP lets you open the content in software that prefers the .SHP format, though some details may change compared with the original. We are still putting together the list of programs that handle .MIF files.

A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.

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