QGIS Tutorial-How to open Mapinfo File

This tutorial is going to show you how to open Mapinfo Table or Mapinfo file into Quantum GIS (QGIS). QGIS supports various external file formats including Mapinfo TAB file as well. 

Example:

Mapinfo file loaded to QGIS

Before we open Mapinfo Table, make sure you have a complete Mapinfo file set. One Mapinfo Table consist of 4 files with different extensions. If you don't have them, you wont be able to open the Table in QGIS. 

To open a Mapinfo Table on QGIS, do the following:

1. Go to Layer and Click Add Layer
2. Click Add Vector Layer (If the Mapinfo file is vector)
3. Click File from the Source Type
4. Browse the Mapinfo file and press OK

 Now the layer should be opened on QGIS main window.