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Comparing Regular and Smart Upload

Understanding capabilities and expectations for each upload tool

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Written by Jennifer Funk
Updated over a week ago

Regular & Smart Upload share the following features:

  • File Formats

    • CSV, GeoJSON, SHP, KML, GML, GDB

  • File Size Limit

    • 50MB

  • Cleaning Requirements

    • Single header row, no footer, no merged cells, no confidence intervals

Regular & Smart Upload differ in these ways:

Feature

Regular Upload

Smart Upload (Beta)

Multi-layer files

✅ Multiple layers supported

❌ Single layer only

Data Structure

Each row is a unique geo or category

✅ Handles any structure

Multiple Categories

Requires pivoting

✅ Handles automatically

Time Series Data

Requires pivoting

✅ Handles automatically

Geographic Info

✅ With or without

✅ With or without

Geocoding

✅ Converts addresses to coordinates

❌ No geocoding (coordinates only)

Best For

Clean, simple datasets; address geocoding

Complex datasets with multiple dimensions

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