Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of BluePrint/GIS/ShapefileLayers

Timestamp:

07/02/12 07:04:05 (13 years ago)

Author:

Fran Boon

Comment:

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BluePrint/GIS/ShapefileLayers

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 Options:
+* Upload to co-app & add a layer which accesses this via WMS (although the UI should show in the 'Shapefiles layers' section)
+ * [http://docs.geoserver.org/2.0.0/user/extensions/rest/rest-config-examples-curl.html#uploading-a-shapefile GeoServer controlled via REST]
  * Build a .map file for [http://mapserver.org MapServer] using [http://mapserver.org/mapscript Python MapScript]
- * [http://docs.geoserver.org/2.0.0/user/extensions/rest/rest-config-examples-curl.html#uploading-a-shapefile GeoServer controlled via REST]
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-Build a layer which accesses this via WMS (although it should appear to be different from user-perspective as it references local data)
-
-Q: Can we rely on GDAL/OGR 1.6 & thus keep the Shapefiles zipped?
+* Import Features
+ * Can use the Python bindings for GDAL/OGR as we do for the [wiki:UserGuidelinesGISData#GADM GADM importer]
 
 We can include [http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.zip] as a useful base/sample
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-An option should be provided to store uploaded data in PostGIS/Spatialite, if this is available.
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-Q: Is it worth having an Import option for Shapefiles too?[[BR]]
-i.e. create Internal Features from this data.
 
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