Format of data file

To use Mapeteria, you need to give data in the form of a CSV (comma-separated) file that specify the territory and the numeric value corresponding to that territory.

Each territory's information should be on one line, with fields as follows:

• The first field should be the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (i.e. two letter) country code. Right now, that means "us" for the USA, "ca" for Canada, or "fr" for France.
• The second field, you need to use the ISO 3166-2 code for the state/province. Fortunately, that's not as intimidating as it sounds: in the US and Canada it is just the postal codes. For French départements, use the two-digit number for the department.
  • US state codes
  • Canadian province/territory codes
  • France département codes
• The last field should be an integer or fixed-point number corresponding to some data value (for example, the median age of the state or province).

Note that you can have quote marks if you want, but you don't need them. Countries and provinces are case-insensitive.

Note also that European number/separator format is recognized.

Example

It should look something like this:

	   us,ca,1734.8
	   us,or,324.2
	   us,wa,442.3
	   us,in,759.2
	   us,il,533.5
	   .
	   .
	   .
	   (etc)
    

or

	   "us","ca",1734.8
	   "us","or",324.2
	   "us","wa",442.3
	   "us","in",759.2
	   "us","il",533.5
	   .
	   .
	   .
	   (etc)
    

or

	   "fr";"01";1 734,8
	   "fr";"25";324,2
	   "fr";"54";442,3
	   "fr";"04";759,2
	   "fr";"08";533,5
	   .
	   .
	   .
	   (etc)