Metadata Record -- Extent Section


Import Geographic Features

Geographic Extent Features Edit Window
Image 1: Geographic Extent Features Edit Window

Some geographic features stored on your hard drive may be imported directly into mdEditor and saved as a geographic Feature. To be eligible for import the file must be saved in one of the supported formats listed below.

Import Features Click to import a feature file from your hard drive. Your operating system's file explorer will open to a default file location (such as the 'Downloads' folder). Select the file to import or navigate to the desired folder. Select the file to import and click "Open".

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Drag & Drop The map supports dragging a file from your file explorer and dropping the feature file on the map. mdEditor will open the file and incorporate the feature(s).


  • CSV (Comma or Tab delimited) text file

    The import process searches column heading names for clues to locating geographic and other information.

    • A column name of "lat", "latitude", or "lat" + any other characters is assumed to contain the geographic latitude in decimal degrees.
    • A column name of "lon", "longitude", or "lon" + any other characters is assumed to contain the geographic longitude in decimal degrees.
    • A column name of "id" is assumed to contain the ID of the point and is saved in a editable field.
    • A column name of "name" is assumed to contain the name of the point and is saved in a editable field.
    • A column name of "description" is assumed to contain a description of the point and is saved in an editable field.
    • All other column values are saved in read-only fields.

    The CSV file can only import points.

  • KLM (Keyhole Markup Language) - used by Google Earth and others applications.

    • A column name of "name" is assumed to contain the name of the feature and is saved in a editable field.
    • A column name of "description" is assumed to contain a description of the feature and is saved in an editable field.
    • All other column values are saved in read-only fields.

  • Shapefile (ESRI ArcGIS format) - A non-topological file format for storing the geometric location and attribute information of geographic features in XML structure.

    • Vector shapefiles are not supported.

  • GeoJSON (RFC 7946) - a geospatial data interchange format based in JavaScript Object Notation, JSON.

    • A column name of "id" is assumed to contain the ID of the feature and is saved in a editable field.
    • A column name of "name" is assumed to contain the name of the feature and is saved in a editable field.
    • A column name of "description" is assumed to contain a description of the feature and is saved in an editable field.
    • All other column values are saved in read-only fields.

  • GPX (the GPS eXchange Format) - a data format for exchanging GPS data between programs and users.

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