Step Four: Saving your spreadsheet as .csv file
Saving as a CSV
When you are finished inputting your data, you must save your excel file as a CSV.
You will need to use the desktop version of Excel (Office 365) in order to save your file as a CSV.
If you are using your web broswer to edit your Excel file, first save a copy to your computer. Open your file with the desktop version of Excel and follow the steps below.
- Navigate to “File: Save a copy”.
- Choose a location to save your file. Make sure you know where you are saving the file so you can access it in order to upload it to the mapping program.
- Under “save as type”, make sure you select “CSV UTC-8 Comma Delimited”
- Choose an easy to remember file name. This file name will also be the display name for your data layer in the mapping software.