Survey data to Shapefile
DustyRobinson
Global Mapper UserTrusted User
I have a lot of daily survey data in *.csv format. The data is - Pt#, Northing, Easting, Elevation, Code. I would like to import all of the daily *.csv files and then export the combined points to multiple shapefiles based on each different Codes. What is the best way to go about this?
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Does your file have a line at the top with the column names, like:
Pt#,Northing,Easting,Elevation,Code
If so, if you renamed the Code to Description, you should be able to then create new point types matching the Code values that are encountered and your features would be automatically assigned to those types on import. Then you could export to a Shapefile and use the option to split the export into files based on the feature description/type (actually you could skip the step of creating types if you wanted and this should still work).
Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Support
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I have tried checking the "Split Into Separate Files by Feature Layer/Description", but it only exports one shapefile based on the feature type it was assigned at import (like Unknown Points). The "Code" for each point is an listed as an attribute for each point. I guess I need a way to export to multiple shapefiles based on attributes, is that possible? Am I missing something with the "Split..." option?
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I just figured it out, I did not have "Column headers in first row of file" checked. That did the trick.
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