added geography

DH-Center-Tuebingen · Oct 9, 2024 · 8366ab2 · 8366ab2
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@@ -130,4 +130,16 @@ Has two parts. A time span field and a thesaurus dropdown field to specify the e
 
 `START;END;EPOCH_CONCEPT` e.g. `-100;30;antiquity`
 
-A start year and a end year in the gregorian calendar as integer values. Optional can be an epoch thesaurus concept. If the year is a negative number, it refers to the time before christ.
+A start year and a end year in the gregorian calendar as integer values. Optional can be an epoch thesaurus concept. If the year is a negative number, it refers to the time before christ.
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+## Geography (WKT)
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+![Image of the geography input](./images/attribute-types/geography.png)
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+Adds a geographical attribute to the entity. Currently they cannot be linked on the main map. Each entity has a single field for geo referencing internally.
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+## Import Format
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+`WKT_STRING` e.g. `POINT(1 1)`
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+Any valid WKT string, a good overview of these strings can be found on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text_representation_of_geometry).
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