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QGIS will load a spatial CSV just fine if it includes a field named "WKT" with the coordinates. Make sure the geometry follows the proper syntax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text.

Open your CSV file in a spreadsheet first to make certain there are no rows with Nulls or Blanks in the WKT field, and that every representation is a valid WKT, else delete that row.

simply load that .CSV file into QGIS 1.8 as a file, changing to type from shapefile etc. to CSV format

QGIS will load a spatial CSV just fine if it includes a field named "WKT" with the coordinates. Make sure the geometry follows the proper syntax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text.

Open your CSV file in a spreadsheet first to make certain there are no rows with Nulls or Blanks in the WKT field, and that every representation is a valid WKT, else delete that row.

QGIS will load a spatial CSV just fine if it includes a field named "WKT" with the coordinates. Make sure the geometry follows the proper syntax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text.

Open your CSV file in a spreadsheet first to make certain there are no rows with Nulls or Blanks in the WKT field, and that every representation is a valid WKT, else delete that row.

simply load that .CSV file into QGIS 1.8 as a file, changing to type from shapefile etc. to CSV format

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QGIS will load a spatial CSV just fine if it includes a field named "WKT" with the coordinates. Make sure the geometry follows the proper syntax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text.

Open your CSV file in a spreadsheet first to make certain there are no rows with Nulls or Blanks in the WKT field, and that every representation is a valid WKT, else delete that row.