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Mapping File Structure

 
Meta Data
Attribute Mapping
Object Mapping

Overview of the mapping file structure.

<ObjectToObjectConversionTable> is the root tag for all elements in the file.

<ObjectToObjectConversionTable Version="1.0" FromType="GO" ToType="GO">

The Version attribute is the version number for the file format.

Values for the FromType and ToType attributes must also be set. The FromType attribute is source data that is being imported. There are five FromType values, see the following table.

Type

Description

GO

Data from any GO-based source such stand-alone HOB files, feature layers, etc.

CARIS

Data from a CARIS DES file.

GML

Data from a GML file (without OGR)

DGN

Data from a DGN file

CATALOG

Data from a source with an object catalogue that is either loaded with the file or stored in memory