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I would like to know if there is a simple way to read and display files generated by Mapinfo (like .DAT, .MAP, .TAB), in Matlab.

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  • Do you have the Mapping Toolbox? – nkjt Dec 17 '13 at 14:22
  • Dear all, since I had access to a workstation on which MapInfo was installed, I could translate .TAB files into .shp files. However, it would be anyways interesting to have a matlab script that does this conversion. But now there is a new problem: I want to read those .shp files in Matlab: (the file CH.shp is stored in the matlab working directory), I try to read it with `ZIP_CH=shaperead('CH.shp')` but this does not work. The following error message is appearing: `Unsupported shape type PolygonZ (type code = 15).` – Turi Dec 19 '13 at 11:03
  • Can someone explain what the problem is and does someone know a solution to this problem? Thanks. – Turi Dec 19 '13 at 11:07

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It looks like, from here, Matlab can't read 3D shapefiles with elevation data, only 2D shapefiles, so you need to convert them from 3D to 2D shapefiles. If you have ArcMap, you can do this.

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