Our Live Mapping Tool supports three file formats for uploading catchment areas or POIs – Shapefile, KML and GeoJSON. To create these files, the minimum information that will need to be provided is:

1. Unique ID for each entry, with the column labelled as "Name"
2. Exact addresses
3. Longitude of your address
4. Latitude of you address

Live Mapping Tool uses the WGS84 cartographic method (EPSG 4326 projection), where the latitude and longitude shall be expressed as Decimal Degrees in their respective column for each exact address. For example:

NOTE: If the file is not in the correct format, you will still be able to upload it but it will not load on the map.

Once you have created your file and saved it in a .zip folder, go into your Live Mapping tool and click on Upload on top left hand corner of the page. Choose what type of information you want to upload, and click "Create" on the top right hand corner.

Finally, name your file and decide what kind of file you would like to upload. It is important that you select the correct file type that is being uploaded. 

You should then be able to see the files you have uploaded in live mapping by going to profile, my data and selecting the insight you uploaded.

Also read:

The different file types – Shapefile, KML and GeoJSON

How to create my custom catchment areas or POI files