Dear all, in many projects forest inventory data has already been collected and is stored in different types of databases, csv and excel files. If these already existing files should be imported into a new open foris collect database what is the best practice? Our current strategy is: 1) create a new survey that reflects the inventory design 2.) Create scripts that convert the exiting data into csv files with a structure that fits to the survey in collect and 3.) Import the files using the data manager. However, writing the scripts that convert the old files to the structure of the new survey is complex and csv is not an optimal exchange format as e.g. no data types cannot be defined. What strategy would you recommend to import larger numbers of forest inventory data (+1000 plots ??)
Greetings Paul
