Prepare your files
- Remove self intersections form lines and polygons
- Name your fields - download your existing polygons as a template or name fields so the carry over
- Make sure your date field is an actual date
Acceptable field names that will carry over
name: - A required field and should be unique for each feature
name, ident, tident, surveyid, featureid
description:
description, descrip, comment, comments, note, notes, descriptio
date:
gps_date, gps date, ltime, date, time, added
Zip Them Up
Shapefiles are made up of several different files so first you need to zip them up
On a mac
select the files
Click and choose compress files
On Windows
Select the files
Right click
Choose send to
Compressed Zipped Folder
Import to app
Navigate to GPS Import in the menu and select the feature type
Select the type of feature you are importing to
make sure your imported file has the required fields and they are poplualted
Drag and drop or navigate to your zipped shapefile
If it worked you will see the map pop up with your features on the map
You can view the individual features on the table tab
Select the features you want to import
If there is a duplicate it will say "duplicate"
Click save to import
Saved column will say "yes"
Confirm that they it worked and they are in the correct feature section
There are lots of reasons why this will not work ranging from bad dates to weird formats. So if it does not work please send the zipped up file to
support@nrds.io with a note and we will check it out