The journalist kept a card file of information on his desk for easy reference.

新闻记者为方便参考，将资料的目录卡放在桌上。

He journalist kept a card file of information on his desk for easy reference.

新闻记者为方便参考, 将资料的目录卡放在桌上.

They are looking to 2D layers of data, so you have files of informations.

他们正在寻找2D数据层。所以你会收集到很多信息。

They are looking to 2D layers of data, so you have files of information. You have Excel sheets of information.

他们寻找的是二维数据，这样地图上才会显现出大量信息。信息量大到要几个excel表才装的完。