[Xastir] Adding offline maps?

[Tom Robson, ve7did]

Are there some simple tools available for converting the MapInfo *.map data?  
Where does one find them?

...73 Tom
>
> Plan to learn more about some of the open source tools.  If you find
> maps with an extension of '.e00' don't despair.  There's a tool that'll
> translate 'em to '.shp'.  MapInfo ('.map') files are a little more
> problemmatical, but not much.
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