Coordinate data can be easily imported from a comma-delimited text file. Using the Import option, you can specify the coordinate fields to import (for example, lat, long, elev, State Plane north, and so on).

Assuming you have coordinates in a data file, follow these steps to import them:

From the Options menu, select Units and select the linear and angular units of the coordinate data you are about to import.
Click OK.
From the Options menu, select Import File Setup | User Defined and establish the order of station coordinate components to import.
For example, if you have several State Plane coordinates in your file in the order "Station Name,North,East", you would create a list in the order: Station Name, State Plane North, State Plane East.
Set the delimiter to the comma character (",").
Click OK.
From the File menu, select Import - Coordinate Files. Select your file and COLUMBUS will load the file data into the current project.
After loading the file, save the document to a COLUMBUS ASCII (Text) file for future loading.