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Loading MapInfo .mid files with R
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load-mapinfo-mid.R
# Loading MapInfo .mid files
library(rgdal) # rgdal library
drvs <- ogrDrivers() # ogr capabilities
drvs[grep("Inf", drvs$name),] # test MapInfo reading capability of gdal
f <- "folder/filename.mid" # filename
l <- ogrListLayers(f) # layer name
sp_object <- readOGR(f, layer = l[[1]]) # load!
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Basically follows this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20101083/how-can-i-read-mapinfo-files-in-r

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