Importing & Exporting Annotations

You can import and export annotation sets to share them with your colleagues.

Importing Annotations

  1. In the Annotations pane, select Import. The Upload Annotations dialog opens.

  2. Select Select File.

  3. In the dialog that opens, locate the file you want to upload, then select Open. Supported file types are:

    • Zipped shapefile
    • KML/KMZ

  4. Select Upload.

Exporting Annotations

  1. Create and save an annotation set. See Creating Annotations and Managing Annotation Sets.

  2. In the Annotations pane, select Manage. The Manage Annotations dialog opens.

  3. Next to the annotation set you want to export, select the Export icon .

  4. In the drop-down, select the file type you want to export: Zipped Shapefile, KML, or KMZ. The file type you selected downloads.

More Information

  • When you import shapefiles, your file must contain a name or fname column within the attribute table that has the name of the annotation, otherwise the name "Untitled" is added to your shape by default. All annotations created within G-EGD will contain a default name of "Untitled" when you export them. If the file was created with a third party tool, then the name of the shape is retained.

  • When you export annotations, your styles are preserved for use in third party tools. However, when you import annotations, styles revert to the default styling, and you can modify them. Most types of annotations are supported when exported, but your third-party tool may interpret the annotation type differently from G-EGD.