I have a load of Irish grid references that I need to create a map of in Ireland - any advice? Tried to input a couple of refs and open in Biological record tool thinking this would be simple but hey ho, I'm asking for help now! See the CSV example - what am I doing wrong?
From the screenshots it looks like you're on a Mac, using Excel. When saving a CSV from Mac Excel, you have to select the 'Windows comma separated' format instead of the first CSV option in the save-as list ... otherwise QGIS doesn't interpret the file correctly.
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It's a super-annoying problem that loses me a little time every week! – Simbamangu Nov 13 '15 at 9:03
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). To add the csv file to QGIS, go to Layer > Add Delimited Text Layer... making sure the First record has field names option is selected. Define your pointX
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fields in the Geometry definition and pray it works :) – Joseph Oct 19 '15 at 14:10X
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fields should only contain coordinates. – Joseph Oct 19 '15 at 14:35