title: How can I edit mif/mid gis data format?
body: <p>I am working on an application (.net 2.0) that uses mif/mid data format to display GIS data. I need to find a way to edit these files with some sort of editor (outside of application). I googled a lot but was unable to find anything suitable (Map Maker worked but did not display labels from mid file). I see following solutions (in order of preference):</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Find some editor that will allow to <strong>edit mif/mid format</strong> correctly. Which one?</li>
  <li>Find some editor that will allow to <strong>edit some other format</strong> and have conversion utilities to convert to this format and back to mif/mid. Which one?</li>
  <li>Find some editor that will allow to <strong>edit some other format</strong> and have conversion utilities to <strong>convert once to this format</strong>. In this case I'll have to write my own parser. I do not like this idea :).</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Free editors are preferred.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you!</p>
  
  <p><strong>UPD 1</strong> I forgot to mention that I need to load Unicode mid files or at least specify the codepage. That's why, for example, OpenJump's plugin does not work (I guess)</p>
  
  <p><strong>UPD 2</strong> This seems to be a real trouble. Most tools either do not do mif at all or do it in read-only mode. Anyone with <em>real</em> experience with MIF read-write?</p>
  
  <p><strong>UPD 3</strong> In this update I'll keep track of all my attempts to solve this issue:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p><strong>OpenJump</strong> - plugin failed to load non-ascii code. Unicode load failed</p></li>
  <li><p><strong>QGIS</strong> - succedeed loading MIF file, but failed to save it - unable to save feature. I'm not sure, but it looks like it does not support write mode for MIF's. I've tried to save  selection as shape file. Later I was unable to convert it with OGR layer converter - failed with access violation.</p></li>
  <li><strong>MapInfo Professional 10</strong> failed to load my MIF file with access violation.</li>
  <li><strong>GV sig</strong> does not support MIF format.</li>
  <li><strong>UDIG</strong> does not support MIF format.</li>
  <li><strong>WinGrass</strong> did not start on my PC.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>tbc...</p>