How to use Add Existing File tool of IGISMap

The applications of GIS tools are expanding in the field of business, research, defense, etc. Thus the features and tools of every GIS software are updating abruptly for helping users in these industries to get the right information by performing complex analyses over GIS data. But working with most of the GIS software in the market requires adequate training and dense knowledge in geospatial concepts.

That is where IGISMap is useful. IGISMap is GIS based web platform providing multiple GIS applications that are most important in the field of geospatial analytics. The peculiarity of IGISMAP in the GIS Industry is its UI/UX that helps the user to perform effortless geospatial operations. In this article, we will discuss Add Existing File tool of IGISMap.

In IGISMap, GIS data is uploaded, created, edited and worked on a map. A map is a spatial interface that supports GIS data and give access to various tools to perform geospatial operations. As a user of IGISMap, you can create any number of maps and add GIS data of any formats.

Add Existing File is a tool that keeps the list of all data that are available on every map in your IGISMap account. Users can open this tool directly from the map or from the dashboard to view the list of data that are published in the maps. You can select any data from the list, preview it and add that data to the map. Thus you dont have to take effort on uploading the data again if it is available in any map.

Let’s look into the application of Add Existing File tool in IGISMap.

Get directed to Add Existing file tool using the following link https://map.igismap.com/your-data

Publish GIS data in the map

Let’s see how a data published in a map get listed in Add Existing Tool. So let’s first publish a data in a map. For this lets use Add GIS Data and publish USA county boundaries polygono data

Add data from IGISMap GIS data collection

Select united states of america from the list of countries and select the data administrative county boundaries and click Add Layer icon.

Download USA County Boundaries Shapefile

Add GIS Data
Add GIS Data

In the next step, since we dont need to crop the data, directly click Add Layer button as shown below.

Add GIS Data - Add Layer
Add GIS Data – Add Layer

Now, GIS data of USA county boundaries are successfully added in the map.

Add GIS Data - Data Published
Data Published

Publish data from Add Existing File

Now, we can add the USA County Level data layer using the Add Existing File. If you want add the data in a new map, open Add Existing File tool from the dashboard.

IGISMap Dasboard
IGISMap Dasboard

If you want to add the data from an existing map, click the Tools button below the layer list. This will open the list of all tools of IGISMap, as shown below.

In the section Add Your Data, click Add Existing File to open the tool.

Map Tools
Map Tools

Now Add Existing File tool is opened with the list of all images currently published in the maps of your IGISMap account. The data we added from Add GIS Data, which is administrative county boundaries data of USA is listed top of the list. Or you can search the data using Search Layer option.

You can click and preview the data like the following.

IGISMap Add Existing File tool
Add Existing File tool

Click Add Layer button to publish this layer in your new map.

Data published
Data published from Add Existing File tool

More link:

Download United States of America Administrative Boundary Shapefiles – States, Counties, Reservation Lands and more

Download Iowa U.S. State GIS Data – Counties, boundaries, railways, highways line shapefile

GIS Data and Maps of Iowa State is used by planners and surveyors for visualizing and identifying the patterns that are difficult to examine when data is in table form. Here you can download the GIS data of the state boundary, county division, rail and highway maps in just a few clicks. You can use these data for analysis in IGISMAP itself or download them in any suitable GIS format. You can download these data in KML, GeoJSON, CSV or Shapefile formats.

Note:

  • All data available are in GCS datum EPSG:4326 WGS84 CRS (Coordinate Reference System).
  • You need to login for downloading the shapefile.

Download free shapefile of Iowa U.S. State

Iowa a midwestern United States, with Des Moines as a capital city of the state.

Iowa GIS Data - State Boundary
Iowa State Boundary

Download Iowa State Boundary Shapefile

Administrative Boundary Polygon shapefile of Iowa is visible on above screen. For download tap on button beside layer name. Check data table before download.

Download Iowa State Counties shapefile

There are 99 counties in Iowa state of United States.

Iowa GIS Data - County Boundary
Iowa County Boundary

Download Iowa County Boundary Shapefile

Iowa with county division visible on the above screen. For viewing data of the map toggle button from Map to Data as shown in the above screen. You can make your map more interactive using IGIS Map – Analysis Tool. Create a map using GIS data and share with others.

Above Gis data covers following counties of Iowa –

  • Adair
  • Adams
  • Allamakee
  • Appanoose
  • Audubon
  • Benton
  • Black Hawk
  • Boone
  • Bremer
  • Buchanan
  • Buena Vista
  • Butler
  • Calhoun
  • Carroll
  • Cass
  • Cedar
  • Cerro Gordo
  • Cherokee
  • Chickasaw
  • Clarke
  • Clay
  • Clayton
  • Clinton
  • Crawford
  • Dallas
  • Davis
  • Decatur
  • Delaware
  • Des Moines
  • Dickinson
  • Dubuque
  • Emmet
  • Fayette
  • Floyd
  • Franklin
  • Fremont
  • Greene
  • Grundy
  • Guthrie
  • Hamilton
  • Hancock
  • Hardin
  • Harrison
  • Henry
  • Howard
  • Humboldt
  • Ida
  • Iowa
  • Jackson
  • Jasper
  • Jefferson
  • Johnson
  • Jones
  • Keokuk
  • Kossuth
  • Lee
  • Linn
  • Louisa
  • Lucas
  • Lyon
  • Madison
  • Mahaska
  • Marion
  • Marshall
  • Mills
  • Mitchell
  • Monona
  • Monroe
  • Montgomery
  • Muscatine
  • O’Brien
  • Osceola
  • Page
  • Palo Alto
  • Plymouth
  • Pocahontas
  • Polk
  • Pottawattamie
  • Poweshiek
  • Ringgold
  • Sac
  • Scott
  • Shelby
  • Sioux
  • Story
  • Tama
  • Taylor
  • Union
  • Van Buren
  • Wapello
  • Warren
  • Washington
  • Wayne
  • Webster
  • Winnebago
  • Winneshiek
  • Woodbury
  • Worth
  • Wright

Download Iowa Highway Line Shapefile

Iowa Highway Line gis data is shown in the below screen.

Iowa GIS Data - Highway Line
Iowa Highway Line

Download Iowa Highway Line Shapefile

Zoom in view of highway line map is shown shown above. Similarly, you can easily download point based GIS data of airport point, ATM point, parking area, hospital location, etc.

Iowa State Railways line GIS Data

Iowa GIS Data - Railway Line
Iowa Railway Line

Download Iowa Railway Line Shapefile

In the above screen railways line gis data of Iowa State is shown. Similarly, you can download other GIS data too e.g. -river line, water canal, residential area, etc.

Download GIS Data of other states of USA

Convert KMZ to GPX

GPX is a common GPS data format for software applications supported by major GPS devices and KMZ is a file format used to display geographic data in Google Earth and Google Maps.

Converting GIS data file from KMZ to GPX format  is just  a few click process with IGIS Map Converter Online.

IGIS Map Converter

IGIS Map converter is an incredible tool for data file conversions. It will translate KMZ data used by Google Earth and GPS devices and convert them by one click to GPX or GPS format which is also used in software like OziExplorer, Google Earth and GPS devices.

IGIS Map Converter also supports more other vectors and raster GIS/CAD formats and more than 4000 coordinate reference systems. If the coordinate system of your input data is not present or not recognized correctly, it is possible to assign the correct one. IGIS Map Converter makes it possible to transform your data to any other coordinate reference system.

IGISMAP to Convert KMZ to GPX

For KMZ to GPX conversion go to IGIS Map Tool, after logging in with your registered email and password. If you are a new user, click the Sign Up button in the Login popup and register to IGISMAP by filling the details.

There are three main steps for using GIS Converter:

  • Upload the data
  • Choose the format to which it should be converted
  • Download the converted file.

Step one is to upload your KMZ file which you want to convert. You can upload the file from your system or select from the Recent Files.

Converter Tool - Upload KMZ
Upload KMZ

Here we are uploading the KMZ file of the point vector file of the airports in India.

Step two is to select choose the output format of the converted file, in this case its GPX. You can also set the Coordinate Reference System of your preference. As a default CRS will set to WGS 84 (World) [EPSG:4326]. Click on the Convert File.

Converter Tool - GPX as Output Format
Select GPX as Output Format

Your GPX file will then get converted to CSV file after a few seconds and will be available for downloading in the Converted Files section from the dashboard.

Converted Files section from the dashboard contains the list of the details of all the conversion done in your account, providing both input and output data available for download their corresponding formats.

IGIS Map Converter Tool provides many benefits other then just conversion of data. This tool provides us to generate this published map in PDF or as image format.

Info GIS Map supports most of the commonly used GIS or AutoCAD files like Shapefile SHP, KML, KMZ, CSV, TopoJSON, GeoJSON, GML, DXF, GeoTIFF, NetCDF, GRIB, HDF5, OSM, PBF, and many more raster and vector files.

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More on Conversion:

Convert KMZ to KML

In this post we are going to discuss that how can we convert KMZ to KML data format. Both KML and KMZ are file extensions used in Google applications, specifically Google Earth and Google Maps. A person using these two Google applications can encounter a lot of file formats, including KML and KMZ.

A KML file is a text based file composed of Tags similar to .XML or .HTML. KML files can also be converted to a .KMZ file. KMZ is a zipped file containing one or compressed KML files. KMZ data which is used in software like Google Earth and GPS devices can be converted with one click to KML format used in software like Google Earth, Fusion Tables, Maps and GPS devices with the help of IGISMAP Converter.

Conversion of GIS data like KMZ to KML can be so easy with the help of online conversion IGIS Map tool. You can also check Convert KML to DXF. KML to KMZ, KML to SHP, KML to CSV, KML to GML, KML to GeoJSON, KML to TopoJSON etc.

IGISMAP to Convert KMZ to KML

IGIS Map Converter also supports more other vectors and raster GIS/CAD formats and more than 4000 coordinate reference systems. If the coordinate system of your input data is not present or not recognized correctly, it is possible to assign the correct one. IGIS Map Converter makes it possible to transform your data to any other coordinate reference system.

Here are some of the main process in converting KMZ to KML using IGIS Map Converter.

Go to IGIS Map Tool, after logging in with your registered email and password. If you are a new user, click the Sign Up button in the Login popup and register to IGISMAP by filling the details.

There are three main steps for using GIS Converter:

  • Upload the data
  • Choose the format to which it should be converted
  • Download the converted file.

Step one is to upload your KMZ file which you want to convert. You can upload the file from your system or select from the Recent Files.

Converter Tool - Upload KMZ
Upload KMZ

Here we are uploading the KMZ file of the point vector file of the airports in India.

Step two is to select choose the output format of the converted file, in this case its KML. You can also set the Coordinate Reference System of your preference. As a default CRS will set to WGS 84 (World) [EPSG:4326]. Click on the Convert File.

Converter Tool - KML as Output Format
Select KML as Output Format

Your KMZ file will then get converted to KML file after a few seconds and will be available for downloading.

Download and Publish KML File
Download and Publish KML File

You can also choose to style the layer or continue with further conversion process by clicking the Convert Another File button.

Converted Files section from the dashboard contains the list of the details of all the conversion done in your account, providing both input and output data available for download their corresponding formats.

You can also search locations, add new datasets, edit layers and style the map according to your choice and requirements. As IGIS Map Converter Tool provides many benefits other then just conversion of data. This tool provides us to generate this published map in PDF or as image format.

Need Sample data for research and study – Download Shapefile of Countries

If you face any problem during implementing this tutorial, drop a mail at support@igismap.com, also feel free to comment in given comment box.