I am creating a shape file to import workings on a very large site. I want import my own workings number for each working location, so that I can relate it to my activity spread sheet. How is this done?
Shapefiles can contain very many columns of information, some of which may be relevant to NoiseMap, and some may not be relevant. NoiseMap allows you to 'map' the columns in your shapefile to the parameters needed by NoiseMap. The user manual explains this, but if you would like to see an example of a shapefile, in this case for workings, you could create a very simple test model and then export it as a shapefile
[View>Export Shapefile]
You can then open the shapefile in a GIS or you can open the database part [.dbf] in Excel, where you can inspect the columns. There are two different shapefile formats, one for Fixed Workings and one for Mobile Workings.
The column for the Workings ID is imported as 'All objects'> 'Editable Object ID'
