Add import/export support for additional geospatial formats

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While recently testing out v1.3.0 and noticed that importing and exporting geographic data is limited to just the ESRI Shapefile format. Given known limitations of Shapefiles (max 10 character attribute names, comprised of several files, etc.) it would be nice if the user interface allowed for the importing/exporting of additional geospatial formats like GeoJSON or GeoPackage for wider compatibility.

It seems like the system already supports importing and exporting GeoJSON features through the API, so hopefully it wouldn’t be too big of a lift to implement, at least for GeoJSON.

Regardless, not a deal breaker by any means, but thought I’d share in case it’s useful.

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@jlewis something to consider to add to GitHub?

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I think this is a great request. It might make the most sense to start with importing GeoPackage but that choice can be evaluated. I’ll add this as a roadmap item and work with others on where it fits into priorities.