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MapInfo (MAPINFO/MITAB) Geometry Support

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Geometry	Supported?	Notes
Aggregates (IFMEAggregate)	Yes	Writer accepts but homogenizes.
Arcs (IFMEArc)	Yes	Writer converts to Line.
Boxes (IFMEBox)	No
BRep Solids (IFMEBRepSolid)	No
Clothoids (IFMEClothoid)	Yes	Writer converts to Arc.
Composite Solids (IFMECompositeSolid)	No
Composite Surfaces (IFMECompositeSurface)	No
Coordinate Precision	Partial 32-bit integer	Stores coordinates natively as 32-bit integers. Yields 10 digits of precision.
CSG Solids (IFMECSGSolid)	No
Donuts (IFMEDonut)	Yes
Ellipses (IFMEEllipse)	Yes	Writer converts to area.
Extrusions (IFMEExtrusion)	No
Faces (IFMEFace)	No
Feature Table (IFMEFeatureTable)	No
Geometry Definitions and Instances	No
Georeferencing	Native
Hierarchical Geometries	No
Homogeneous Aggregates	Yes
Lines (IFMELIne)	Yes
Measures	No
Meshes (IFMEMesh)	No
MultiArea (IFMEMultiArea)	Yes
MultiCurve (IFMEMultiCurve)	Yes	Writer converts to multiline.
Multiple Geometries	No
MultiPoint (IFMEMultiPoint)	Yes
MultiSolid (IFMEMultiSolid)	No
MultiSurface (IFMEMultiSurface)
MultiText (IFMEMultiText)	Yes
Nulls (IFMENull)	Yes
Oriented Arcs (IFMEOrientedArc)	Yes	Writer converts to Arc.
Paths (IFMEPath)	Yes	Writer converts to Arc.
Point Clouds (IFMEPointCloud)	No
Points (IFMEPoint)	Yes
Polygons (IFMEPolygon)	Yes
Rasters (IFMERaster)	No
Rectangle Faces (IFMERectangleFace)	No
Surface Normals	No
Surface Sidedness	No
Text (IFMEText)	Yes
Textures	No
Traits	No
Triangle Fans (IFMETriangleFan)	No
Triangle Strips (IFMETriangleStrip)	No
Z values	Yes