Create a single pane of glass for project clarity.

Bring data into your Giraffe projects for better decision making based on context and varied sources.

Import Options

Giraffe ingests a variety of data types.

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GeoJSON

Giraffe is a GeoJSON editor. Simply paste any GeoJSON code directly into your project window with ctrl + shift + v

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GeoJSON is a format for encoding a variety of geographic data structures. GeoJSON is an open standard geospatial data interchange format that represents simple geographic features and their nonspatial attributes. It uses a geographic coordinate reference system, World Geodetic System 1984, and units of decimal degrees.

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Spatial Layers

Import and connect to a wide range of spatial data including shapefiles, Esri, WMS, and Mapbox.

Add Your own Spatial data

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CAD

Upload DXF files to use as a starting point for modeling

How to import DXF files into Giraffe

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Images and PDFs

Upload Raster Files as layers

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CSV

Upload Vector Files as Layers

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GLTF/GLB 3D Models

Upload 3D models

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Import Spatial Layers

If the Layer Library doesn ‘t have what you’re looking for, existing maps and designs can be added to a Giraffe project for reference, as context or to trace over. The supported file formats are:

• Vector sources:
  • GeoJSON files (.geojson)
  • Shape files ( .shp / .dbf / .prj )
  • Cad files ( .dxf )
  • Spreadsheets with addresses (.csv)
• ESRi Mapserver or Featureserver or Sceneserver
• WMS
• Mapbox
• Raster sources:
  • Images (.png / .jpeg)
  • PDF files (.pdf)

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Learn how to Add Your own Spatial data

Add Your own Spatial data | Notion

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Import 3D Models

Giraffe models are extremely lightweight. Since the platform is browser based, most complex or detailed geometry is too heavy to perform well.

Therefore, we accept uploads of GLTF or GLB files to represent 3D models. glTF is a standard file format for three-dimensional scenes and models that is used often in browsers due to its efficiency. The format combines 3D data and color mapping into one compact file. glTF minimizes the size of 3D assets, and the runtime processing needed to unpack and use them.