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Convert MapInfo (.TAB) file to ESRI shapefile
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Converting a MapInfo File

Open a cmd.exe windows and setup the python env for ArcGIS:

"c:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\Scripts\activate.bat"
activate arcgispro-py3

Then modify this command to convert from a MapInfo file to shapefile:

SET OGR2OGR="C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\Lib\site-packages\osgeo\samples\ogr2ogr.py"
python %OGR2OGR% -f "ESRI Shapefile" "c:\path\to\NewShapefile.shp" "U:\projects\path\to\OrigTabfile.TAB"
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