From 128447ecc1339f1e11aab6e1a59702d6d062df99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dasamu <62061170+dasamu@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 14:13:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Explain better what happens with geometry column As there has been a bit of confusion in some cases, we'd like to add a small modification to the documentation to stress that the geometry column must be "geom", and that this will be renamed from other names to "geom" --- app/content/carto-user-manual/data-explorer/importing-data.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/app/content/carto-user-manual/data-explorer/importing-data.md b/app/content/carto-user-manual/data-explorer/importing-data.md index 8b91a197c..6d341ac37 100644 --- a/app/content/carto-user-manual/data-explorer/importing-data.md +++ b/app/content/carto-user-manual/data-explorer/importing-data.md @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ This method allows you to enter a supported URL file. To import a remote URL, se ### Supported formats Currently, the import of CSV, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, KML, KMZ, TAB and Shapefiles (in a zip package) is supported. The size limit for a single import process is 512MB. Please [get in touch](mailto:support@carto.com) with us if you need a higher limit. -For CSV files, CARTO will try and autodetect the geometry column or create the geometries from latitude/longitude columns. The supported column names are: +When importing CSV files, CARTO will try to autodetect the geometry column or create the geometries from latitude/longitude columns. Once the geometry column has been created, the column name is kept as geom. The supported column names are: * For *geometry*: `geom,Geom,geometry,the_geom,wkt,wkb` * For *latitude*: `latitude,lat,Latitude` * For *longitude*: `longitude,lon,Lon,Longitude,lng,Lng` @@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ If you click the *Delete* quick action, a dialog will appear allowing you to con ![Data Explorer dialog delete table](/img/cloud-native-workspace/data-explorer/de_the_delete_table.png) - \ No newline at end of file +