GeoPackage is an open, standards-based, platform-independent, portable, self-describing and compact format for the transfer of geospatial information. A new data provider that allows you to read GeoPackage files has recently been added in 'Spatial Manager' (CAD and Desktop versions)
The ASCII data provider supplied with 'Spatial Manager' allows you to Import/Export geospatial data from/to CSV, XYZ, TXT, ASC, NEZ, UPT, etc. files, and with very little added work, it is also valid for Excel, Access, etc. files. It has now been enhanced in order to preview the file contents and the configured provider parameters in a Tabular form
'Spatial Manager' includes many import options to get cartographic and spatial data organized, structured, labeled, filtered and customized from various sources. This post analyses the options for separating by layers not only the imported elements but also the texts that come from their attached data. You will see the advanced use of Blocks when importing in AutoCAD, BricsCAD, ZWCAD or GstarCAD
Due to the relevance of importing points from data tables in many projects and works related to territorial information, cartography or surveying, 'Spatial Manager' includes multiple systems that simplify this task. MS Excel is one of the most used tools to produce and manage this kind of tables and we will review here a couple of options to import points from Excel files to drawings or maps
