== Shapefile Layers ==

Upload a Shapefile to display on the map.

Options:
* Upload to !GeoServer co-app & add a layer which accesses this via WMS/WFS (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
 * https://github.com/dwins/gsconfig.py
* 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

Alternative options:
 * Integrate [http://featureserver.org FeatureServer]
 * Integrate [http://ogre.adc4gis.com Ogre] - convert to GeoJSON for easy import
 * Build a .map file for [http://mapserver.org MapServer] using [http://mapserver.org/mapscript Python MapScript]

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[wiki:BluePrint/GIS GIS BluePrints]