DataExtractor

DataExtractor tool

Copyright © 2012-2019 GiGL, TVERC, SBIC

Overview

DataExtractor is a MapBasic tool and associated SQL scripts to extract biodiversity information from SQL Server and MapInfo GIS layers for pre-defined spatial areas. The output files can be created as MapInfo TAB format (.tab) files, ESRI Shapefile (.shp) files and/or Comma Separated Value (.csv) files and can be combined together, if required, as compressed (.zip) files.

Requirements

The DataExtractor tool requires the following:

• MapInfo 10.0 or higher

• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition or later, OR

• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or later

Source Code

The source code for the DataExtractor tool is open source and can be downloaded from: https://github.com/LERCAutomation/DataExtractor-MapInfo

License Information

The DataExtractor tool is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

See the file "License.txt" supplied with the source files for information on the terms & conditions for usage and copying, and a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses for more details of the GNU General Public License.

Funding

The DataExtractor tool was developed with funding from:

• Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC
• Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre
• Surrey Biodiversity Information Centre