Import locations

Instructions
Excel file imports can be used either for creating new nodes or for updating existing ones. Check the import page for more general info.

To download the template file (for new data or for updating your data)
 * Go to Import > Nodes > Excel file import
 * Choose from the second drop-down menu
 * Choose the template file you wish to work on (choose the first for creating new data or the second for changing or amending existing scratchpad data)
 * Open the downloaded excel file in your computer and edit it

Complete the columns as follows:




 * GUID:

Use Global Unique Identifiers for each one of your localities. These identifiers will not show up to users. Use complex combinations like EU-GB-S-DK-000-001


 * Title:

The title is the location identifier and will be used to refer to each specific location in your scratchpad. Make it human readable.


 * Continent/Ocean:

Select the continent or Ocean of your locality. Choose one from the following: Africa, Antarctic, Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical, Atlantic Ocean, Australasia, Europe, Indian Ocean, North-Central Pacific, Northern America, Northwestern Pacific, Pacific, South-Central Pacific, Southern America, Southwestern Pacific


 * Verbatim Coordinate System:

Provide the name of the system the coordinates of the locality were recorded. Choose one from the following: decimal degrees, degrees decimal minutes, degrees minutes seconds, UTM, CRTM.


 * Coordinate uncertainty in meters:

The upper limit of the distance (in meters) from the given latitude and longitude describing a circle within which the whole of the described locality lies. Leave the value empty if the uncertainty is unknown, cannot be estimated, or is not applicable (because there are no coordinates). The value should be greater than zero.


 * Country (ISO alpha-2):

Choose the administrative region (Country) the locality is in. Please fill in the the official ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 country code. An exhaustive list can be found here.




 * County:

Provide the the name of a second-level administrative subdivision of a country.


 * Geodetic datum:

Provide the geodetic datum of the locality coordinates. e.g. WGS84, NAD83, NAD27 etc.


 * Georeference protocol:

Give a citation (publication or URL) to the resource describing the methods used to determine the georeference (coordinates AND uncertainty, or footprint)


 * Georeference remarks:

Comments about the spatial description determination, explaining assumptions made in addition or opposition to the those formalized in the method referred to in Georeference Protocol.


 * Island group:

The full unabbreviated name of the island group for the locality


 * Island:

The full unabbreviated name of the island for the locality


 * Locality:

A description of the locality, without any geographic information that is provided in other geographic fields.


 * Map:

Provide the decimal degrees of the locality in WGS84.

For example: for N40°34'50" E23°33'16" give POINT:(40.580,23.554)

Always put Long/Lat decimal degrees in parentheses separated by comma and with the prefix POINT:


 * Maximum depth:

The maximum or actual depth at which the collection or observation was made. Use positive values for locations below the surface. Examples: 10 (for a depth of up to 10m). 100 (for a depth between 50m and 100m).


 * Maximum elevation:

The minimum distance in meters above (positive) or below sea level of the collecting locality.


 * Minimum depth:

The minimum or actual depth at which the collection or observation was made. Use positive values for locations below the surface. Examples: 0 (for a depth of up to 10m). 50 (for a depth between 50m and 100m).


 * Minimum elevation:

The minimum distance in meters above (positive) or below sea level of the collecting locality.

Provide the name of the first-level administrative subdivision of a country.
 * State/Province: