{{Infobox file format | name = MapInfo Interchange Format | icon = | screenshot = | caption = | extension = .mif | mime = | typecode = | uniform type = | magic = | genre = GIS | containerfor = | containedby = | owner = MapInfo | extendedfrom = | extendedto = | standard = }} '''MapInfo Interchange Format''' is a map and database exporting/importing file format of MapInfo software product. The MIF-file filename usually ends with ''.mif''-suffix. MIF-files usual have a related MID-file. The filename of a MID-file usually ends with ''.mid''-suffix. If MID-file not exist, on import, MapInfo stores empty data to every data columns of created "Mapinfo Table".
MIF-file contains Block with the description of attributive Data-columns and Blocks that stores Geomentry Objects.
MID-file is CSV-like format to store the attributive Data. Each line in MID-file is related with the same order Geometry Block (Geometry Object) in MIF-file.
==See also== *MapInfo TAB format
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060909054240/http://resource.mapinfo.com/static/files/document/1074660800077/interchange_file.pdf MapInfo Data Interchange Format]
Category:GIS file formats
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