Global Mapper v25.0

Attributes in ASCII files

Sean Bampton
Sean Bampton Global Mapper UserTrusted User
edited November 2014 in Technical Support
Is there a way to have attributes included when importing ASCII files?

ie:
NAME=Area
ALTITUDE=FL160 - FL270
DATE=12 Nov 14
TIME=1200 - 1400Z

etc, etc.

Comments

  • PShorey
    PShorey Global Mapper Developer Moderator, Trusted User
    edited November 2014
    Sean,

    Yes, we can import feature attributes. Just list them after the feature DESCRIPTION. Here is an example of 2 points with attributes that can be imported as a text (*.xyz) file:

    DESCRIPTION=Unknown Point Feature
    MyAttribute1=123
    MyAttribute2=456
    ELEVATION=11.917
    515136.993,4915655.354,11.917

    DESCRIPTION=Unknown Point Feature
    MyAttribute1=111
    MyAttribute2=222
    515324.478,4915595.715,21.795

    There is a page in the help file called "Loading Generic ASCII Text" that gives all the gory details.

    Hope this helps.