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A <shapeFileImportDir> can be defined which is either relative (to the general <importDir>) or absolute. When it is not defined the general <importDir> will be used. If the defined directory does not exist, an exception will be thrown. The import directory can be empty.
A <fileDateTimePattern> should be defined to filter out the shape files that need to be imported and to extract the time for the shape in the time series. If the directory is not empty, but none of the files match the defined pattern, an exception will be thrown.
A <geoDatum> can be defined if the shape file is not in WGS84. When this is defined, a conversion to WGS84 will take place before storing the time series into the database.
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