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WMF — Windows Metafile (legacy)

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WMF (Windows Metafile) is Windows' 16-bit vector format from 1990, still alive in the Office clipboard and in legacy documents. Our exporter writes WMF directly, without Inkscape: the map is rendered through QGIS to SVG, paths are parsed into polylines and encoded as Placeable WMF records. Honest about the format limits: coordinates are 16-bit (±32767), so large maps are clamped into the coordinate space with some precision loss, and the output is stroked outlines without fills or labels. WMF is chosen for compatibility with old Word and Visio versions.

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Tính năng chính

Direct export without Inkscape (pure Python, Placeable WMF records)
Placeable Metafile header with magic 0x9AC6CDD7 and correct scale
Pipeline QGIS → SVG → polylines → WMF
Compatible with all Microsoft Word versions
Stroked outlines (16-bit coordinates clamped to ±32767)
Example WMF export (central Moscow, 1x0.5 km)
Example: central Moscow, ~1×0.5 km, medium detail

Giới thiệu về định dạng WMF

WMF is a Windows vector format from the late 1980s that has survived to this day in the Office clipboard and in old documents. It is 16-bit: coordinates fit into a range of roughly minus 32 to plus 32 thousand units, and that determines all of its behavior.

It is taken for exactly one reason — compatibility. If a map has to go into a document that is opened in Word 2003 or in earlier generations of Visio, and every other format breaks there, WMF will work.

We write the file directly, without Inkscape: the map is rendered to SVG, the paths are broken down into polylines and encoded as Placeable WMF records with a correct header and scale. The output is line work: there are no fills and no labels in the file, and over a large area small geometry gets rounded off because of the cramped coordinate space.

That is why WMF is the format of last-resort compatibility. If the receiving side allows anything else, EMF, SVG or PDF will give you fills, text and precision.

Chương trình nào mở được tệp WMF

Các chương trình và ứng dụng sau có thể mở, chỉnh sửa và làm việc với tệp WMF — Windows Metafile (legacy) (.wmf) được xuất từ OSM2CDR:

💻Microsoft Word / Visio / PowerPoint 📄LibreOffice Draw Inkscape 🎨CorelDRAW 💻IrfanView

Format specifications

Ai sử dụng bản đồ WMF

🏗
Pasting a map into Microsoft Word 2003/2007 or Visio with maximum compatibility
The map is inserted into Word and Visio documents of earlier generations and stays vector.
💻
Exchanging vector graphics with a legacy Office pipeline
Exchanging graphics with an old office pipeline that does not accept modern formats.
📊
Opening the map in LibreOffice on Linux alongside Windows-user documents
Opening in LibreOffice on Linux alongside colleagues' documents on Windows.
🎨
An archival document meant to outlive editor and OS changes
An archival document that has to survive a change of editors and operating systems.

Cách xuất WMF

1
Chọn khu vực
Vẽ một hình chữ nhật hoặc đa giác trên bản đồ tương tác tại osm2cdr.ru
2
Chọn WMF
Chọn WMF — Windows Metafile (legacy) từ danh sách 127 định dạng xuất khả dụng
3
Xuất
Nhấn Xuất và nhận tệp .wmf của bạn trong 1-5 phút
4
Tải xuống
Tải tệp WMF đã sẵn sàng và mở trong Microsoft Word / Visio / PowerPoint

Cách mở tệp sau khi xuất

Bản đồ phổ biến ở định dạng WMF

Miễn phí

Nhận bản đồ xuất ở định dạng WMF — Windows Metafile (legacy)

Tải bản đồ WMF chuyên nghiệp từ OpenStreetMap. Tạo tức thì, bất kỳ khu vực nào.

Miễn phí / lần xuất
Xuất WMF ngay →

Câu hỏi thường gặp

Is Inkscape required for WMF?
Why do large maps lose precision?
Are there fills and labels?
How is WMF different from EMF?
Can the lines be edited after insertion?

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