Advanced Techniques

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This section describes more advanced techniques that use the built-in features of Mapinfo to carryout more complex conversion tasks. It is not intended as an exhaustive list but rather as a starting point.

The Label is the Key

Mapinfo auto labels are very powerful because they can be constructed for every map object in every map layer using data from tables and formatted using Mapbasic expressions which can be stored in a Mapinfo Workspace for reuse.

Note:  Mapinfo2Google acts on the resulting text label that is generated and does not use the label expression itself.

Labels are assumed to have the following format:

{Control String} Object Name | Object Description

The | or Vertical Bar is an optional delimiter to indicate the start of the description text. If not present then the program will exported only a name. If the position of the delimiter would cause either Name or Description to be blank then it is ignored and no description is exported.

Control String and Description are optional.

The maximum length of a Mapinfo Auto Label is 256 characters. The label expression itself is generally even shorter.

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