Points and Text Export

Using Points and Text Export

Use Points and Text Export export vector data from the document to various geospatial file formats. Click the Points and Text Export button on the Geographic Imager panel or go to File > Import > Points and Text Export.

Points and Text Export button

Overview

To export point and text vector data, choose a file format, export type options, and specify a filename and folder location. The Points and Text Export can export point data where it exists as “Counts” in the document as point or text. If text layers are exported as points, two attributes will be exported: the layer title as “Name” and the actual text as “Value”.

Formats

When exporting text layers and count objects as points, the following export formats are supported:

• AutoCAD Drawing/Exchange (DWG, DXF)
• Delimited XY Text Data (CSV)
• Esri ArcInfo Generate (GEN)
• Esri Interchange File (E00)
• Esri Shapefile (SHP)
• GeoJSON (GEOJSON, JSON)
• Geopackage (GPKG)
• Google Earth (KML, KMZ)
• GPS Exchange Format (GPX)
• MapInfo Interchange Format (MIF)
• MapInfo Table (TAB)
• Microsoft Excel (XLS)

When exporting text layers as text, the following export formats are supported:

• AutoCAD Drawing/Exchange (DWG, DXF)
• Esri Interchange File (E00)
• MapInfo Interchange Format (MIF)
• MapInfo Table (TAB)

 Export text layers as text is not supported in Adobe Photoshop CS6.

Export Settings

Optionally, text layers can be exported specifically as a text or point layer. Point layers have a position option to specify its anchor point (e.g. upper right). Text exported as point layers have text string and layer name stored as an attribute (if the format supports storing attributes). Text exported as text layers have its layer name stored as an attribute (if the format supports storing attributes). Count objects exported as points have its count group index stored as an attribute (if the format supports storing attributes).

When selecting the Esri Arcinfo Generate (GEN) option, users can also select "Export Coordinate System as PRJ", in order to export their image's Coordinate System as a separate .PRJ file.

Format Settings

Certain file formats have additional configuration parameters which will be shown in the Format settings section. These settings affect how Geographic Imager handles the data during export.