To import geofences to a resource, you should have the Create, edit, and delete geofences access right to this resource.

This function allows you to copy geofences from KML and KMZ files to a resource.

Preparing the file for import

Before importing a KML or KMZ file to Wialon, consider the following peculiarities of the file contents:

• When importing a file containing an ampersand (&), left angle bracket (<) or right angle bracket (>) in the geofence name or description, make sure they are encoded as follows. 

  Character	Encoding for KML file
  &	& or &
  <	&lt; &#60;
  >	&gt; &#62;

  For example, to import the geofence description Parker & Burns building to Wialon, the KML file row must look as follows: Parker & Burns building.

• A file containing <MultiGeometry> tag can’t be imported. For successful import, open the file in the text editor, find and delete all <MultiGeometry> and </MultiGeometry> tags and save the changes.

How to import geofences from KML and KMZ files

To import geofences, follow these steps:

1. In the user menu, select the Import/Export item and click Import from KML/KMZ.
   
   
   
2. Click on the Browse button and select the required KML or KMZ file.
   
   
3. Click Upload. The selected file will be processed, and its contents will be displayed in the window. 
4. Select the geofences which should be imported. To select or clear the selection of all the geofences at once, hold down the Ctrl key and click on any of them.
5. Select the resource to which you want to copy the geofences. If the resource already contains the same-name geofences, then as a result of the import, it will contain several geofences with the same name.
6. Click OK to complete the import.

If all or some of the data hasn't been imported, a warning message is displayed on the screen. It contains a link to a file which you can download to see what data has been imported and what has not. You can see the import results in the log.