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  • Create a file called test.vrt with the following content.
Note

You MUST Typically you would give the control file the same name as the .csv file (discounting the extension).

Code Block
languagexml
titleXML Control file
<OGRVRTDataSource>
    <OGRVRTLayer name="test">
        <SrcDataSource>C:\test\test.csv</SrcDataSource>
        <GeometryType>wkbPoint</GeometryType>
        <LayerSRS>EPSG:27700</LayerSRS>
        <GeometryField encoding="PointFromColumns" x="easting" y="northing"/>
    </OGRVRTLayer>
</OGRVRTDataSource>

OGRVRTLayer

Enter a name for the Layer. This must MUST have the same name as the csv file (discounting the extension).

SrcDataSource

Enter the path to your CSV file.

GeometryType

As we are importing Point data this will be wkbPoint.

LayerSRS

This needs to be left as EPSG:27700 for British National Grid.

GeometryField

Make sure that the GeometryField encoding x & y entries match the names of your easting and northing columns respectively.

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  • Now in Studio select to create a Spatial Data Transformation Task.

Task Name

Enter a name for the task.

Source Data

Select Comma-Delimited Text File as the list.

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titleFileConType entry
<FileConType>
	<Name>Comma-Delimited Text File</Name>
	<FormatName>CSV</FormatName>
	<Direction>Both</Direction>
	<FileFilter>Comma-Delimited Text files (*.csv)|*.csv</FileFilter>
</FileConType>

Filename

Enter the path to the .vrt file for the csv file you wish to Import.

Output

Select the PostgreSQL database where you wish to store this data.

Table

Enter the table name where you wish to store the data in the database.

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