<h3>Delimited Text Layer Plugin</h3> Loads and displays delimited text files containing x,y coordinates. <p> <p> <a href="#re">Requirements</a><br/> <a href="#example">Example of a valid text file</a><br/> <a href="#wkt_example">Example of a valid text file with a WKT field</a><br/> <a href="#notes">Notes</a><br/> <a name="re"> <h4>Requirements</h4> </a> To view a delimited text file as layer, the text file must contain: <ol> <li>A delimited header row of field names. This must be the first line in the text file.</li> <li>The header row must contain an X and Y field <em>or</em> a Well Known Text (WKT) field. These fields can have any name.</li> <li>The <B>x</B> and <B>y</B> coordinates must be specified as a number. The coordinate system is not important.</li> <li>A WKT field must be in the standard format. </ol> <a name="example"> <h4>Example of a valid text file with x and y fields</h4> </a> <tt> X;Y;ELEV<br/> -300120;7689960;13<br/> -654360;7562040;52<br/> 1640;7512840;3<br/> [...]<br/> </tt> <a name="wkt_example"> <h4>Example of a valid text file with a WKT field</h4> </a> <tt> id|wkt<br/> 1|POINT(172.0702250 -43.6031036)<br/> 2|POINT(172.0702250 -43.6031036)<br/> 3|POINT(172.1543206 -43.5731302)<br/> 4|POINT(171.9282585 -43.5493308)<br/> 5|POINT(171.8827359 -43.5875983)<br/> </tt> <a name="notes"> <h4>Notes</h4> </a> <ol> <li>The example text file:</li> <ul> <li> Uses <b>;</b> as delimiter. Any character can be used to delimit the fields.</li> <li>The first row is the header row. It contains the fields X, Y and ELEV.</li> <li>No quotes (") are used to delimit text fields.</li> <li>The x coordinates are contained in the X field.</li> <li>The y coordinates are contained in the Y field.</li> </ul> <li>The example text file with WKT:</li> <ul> <li>Has two fields defined in the header row: id and wkt. <li>Uses <b>|</b> as a delimiter.</li> <li>Specifies each point using the WKT notation </ul> </ol>