[udig-devel] Import txt, csv or xml

["Alan WILLMORE" <AWILL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jesse,

Thanks for the reply.

I am evaluating and considering the utility of a number of free desktop
GIS software tools for deployment within the NSW Department of Health. I
consider the ability to import textual data containing geographic
variables (e.g. lat/long, postcode, etc) as a critical component of the
selected software. Users will want to import geocoded address data, as
well as aggregated statistics with geographic identifiers (e.g.
postcode) that can then be merged with the spatial datasets to create
thematic maps. Most NSW Health staff are able to output data in CSV
format and would be immediately able to work with this format in a GIS.
Requiring users to create GML formatted data would just not work within
our department. 

Can you advise if this development is likely to occur, and if "yes",
the timeframe for such development ? 

I sincerely hope that such development is in the short-term framework
as I am impressed with uDig and would like to recommend it's use
internally.

Regards,
Alan



Hi currently we only support GML and other standard formats for  
importing data.  But we don't have that functionality...  We really  
should and it would be stupidly simple to do so.  Especially since  
there is a format in geotools that can do this almost directly.  The  
job for this is at most a couple days of work... Probably less.

Jesse


	
On Mar 26, 2007, at 5:45 PM, Alan WILLMORE wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I am just starting to play with uDig v1.1-RC9, which looks like
being
> a
> terrific resource.
>
> I have a simple question on importing text data (csv, txt, xml)
which
> I
> haven't been able to find in the documentation, and I started
looking
> through the monthly archives but it was too laborious. So sorry if
> this
> has already been covered.
>
> I would like to import a csv or txt file of point data containing,
> amongst other variables, latitude and longitude. The import wizard
> only
> offers xml and gml through the "Files" Data Sources. I converted my
> csv
> file to a simple xml file but when I select it for import the next
> screen has "Files. Open one or more files" but there is nothing to
> select and I can't progress.
>
> I would appreciate any advice from the user group.
>
> Also, when I try and access the help pages at
> http://udig.refractions.net/help I get the following error:
>
> Bad Gateway
> The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream
server.
>
> Regards,
> Alan Willmore


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