Format Options for Importing Data

MapLarge supports a wide variety of format options for importing data. 

 
File Extension Type Details
.csv 
.xlsx 
.txt
Comma-Separated data file
Excel
Text file
  • Supports these valid column headers: Lat, Lng, Address, City, State, Zip, Country. WKT columns with  Polygon, Line, and Point also supported.
  • Unsupported but coming soon: FIPS CodGeometry e / Census GeoID
  • Schemaless import/Duck Typing - columns are scanned and type is automatically detected (Integer, DateTime, etc)
  • Automatic delimiter detection for TXT files
  • CSV assumed to be comma-deliminated
.shp ESRI Shape file
  • Zip File
  • CSV/DBF
  • Projection
.kml KML files
  • Supports: Geometry, Features, Data
  • Not supported: Style
  • Imports with varying geometry split into separate tables
    Example: File with points, lines, and shapes becomes:
    MyTablePoint
    MyTableLine
    MyTablePoly
.geojson GeoJSON Supports the following geometry types:
Point
LineString
Polygon
MultiPoint
MultiLineString 
MultiPolygon
.gpx GPS Exchange Format Minimum properties: Latitude and longitude for every single point.
.dxf Drawing Exchange Format Basic Organization:
Header General information about the drawing
Classes Application-defined information
Tables Item definitions
Blocks Descriptions of entities
Entities Drawing entities
Objects Data of non-graphical objects. Each section has a
code that is associated with its value.
Thumb-Nail-Image Preview image
End of File Marker EOF directive on the last line of the file

Compression

All of the following compression types are supported:

  • .zip
  • .gz
  • .tar
  • .7z

Upload Size Limits

  • Due to browser limitations, upload sizes are limited to 2GB Compressed for Post Upload.
  • URL download is unlimited in size.