Add Layer
Clicking on Add will open the window below (Figure 1). Depending on your data format, you can upload a Table, a Raster or a Shapefile. You then need to select a Category (choose that is closest to your type of data, this is only required to store the layer). You can optionally provide a Description of your dataset. Finally select your file and click Upload.
Contents
Table
Make sure that your table meets the following standards:
Format: Only a semicolon delimited file ('*.csv') is valid.
Headers: the first line of the table is considered as headers, which have to be denoted correctly as described below.
Coordinate Columns: Latitude and Longitude columns are required.
- acceptable latitude column name: Latitude, Lat, Y, North, Northing
- acceptable longitude column name: Longitude, Lon, X, East, Easting
NOTE:If the second line in the file contains null value (empty string) corresponding column considered to be of type string.
Example (VAR1 and VAR2 are arbitrary names)
INDEX | LATITUDE | LONGITUDE | VAR1 | VAR2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | 15.01 | 15.01 | 2 | 0 |
Coverage
Format: Only one band *.tif format is valid. If coverage has more than one band only the first band is taken into account.
Shapefile
Format: Only compressed zip file is valid. Contents: The zip file must contain *.dpf, *.prj, *.sbn, *.shp, *.shx, *.sbx files. NOTE: Make sure files are directy in the zip folder.
Example:
Valid projection
Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984 Datum: D_WGS_1984 Prime Meridian: Greenwich Angular Unit: Degree EPSG:4326
For more information check WGS84