Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of UserGuidelines/GIS/Data

Timestamp:

08/19/10 17:51:24 (14 years ago)

Author:

Fran Boon

Comment:

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UserGuidelines/GIS/Data

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-== User Guidelines for GIS Data ==
+= User Guidelines for GIS Data =
 Assumes installation of the relevant tools: [wiki:InstallationGuidelinesGISData]
 
-=== Display Shapefile as Overlay Layer in Sahana Eden ===
+== Import Data ==
+=== Geonames ===
+ 1. Take the source file PK.txt (a TAB-separated list)
+ 2. Turn each line into XML by regular expression:
+{{{
+^(\d*)\t([^\t]*)\t([^\t]*)\t([^\t]*)\t([0-9\.]*)\t([0-9\.]*).*
+into:
+<location>
+       <id>$1</id>
+       <name>$2</name>
+       <asciiName>$3</asciiName>
+       <localNames>$4</localNames>
+       <lat>$5</lat>
+       <lon>$6</lon>
+</location>
+}}}
+ 3. Replace & with &amp;, remove any invalid characters
+ 4. Transform into S3XRC using XSLT
+
+=== Shapefiles ===
+{{{
+ogr2ogr -f CSV TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.csv TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.shp
+ogr2ogr -f geojson TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.json TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.shp
+}}}
+If needing to reproject (e.g. for the [https://www.geoint-online.net/community/haitiearthquake/Geospatial%20Data%20Files/haiti_departments01132010.zip Haiti Departements]):
+{{{
+ogr2ogr -f CSV haiti_departments Haiti_departementes_edited_01132010.shp -s_srs EPSG:32618 -t_srs EPSG:4326 -lco GEOMETRY=AS_WKT
+}}}
+NB AS_WKT requires OGR v1.6+
+
+== Display Data ==
+=== Shapefiles ===
 e.g. Country Outlines:
  * http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.zip
@@ -20 +51 @@
 Add WMS Layer to Sahana Eden
  * ''tbc''
-=== Convert Shapefile to an importable format ===
-{{{
-ogr2ogr -f CSV TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.csv TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.shp
-ogr2ogr -f geojson TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.json TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.shp
-}}}
-If needing to reproject (e.g. for the [https://www.geoint-online.net/community/haitiearthquake/Geospatial%20Data%20Files/haiti_departments01132010.zip Haiti Departements]):
-{{{
-ogr2ogr -f CSV haiti_departments Haiti_departementes_edited_01132010.shp -s_srs EPSG:32618 -t_srs EPSG:4326 -lco GEOMETRY=AS_WKT
-}}}
-NB AS_WKT requires OGR v1.6+
-=== Display Grid as Overlay Layer in Sahana Eden ===
+
+=== Grid ===
 ''tbc'': [wiki:BluePrintGISGrid]
 
-=== Display Topographic Maps ===
+=== Topographic Maps ===
  * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contours
   * Uses [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/SRTM SRTM] ([http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ASTER ASTER] is a future possibility)
  * Alternate approach: [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Srtm2Osm SRTM 2 OSM]
-=== Handle Old Printed Maps ===
+
+=== Old Printed Maps ===
 Old Printed Maps can be 'Rectified' to be overlaid on the base maps:
  * http://warper.geothings.net/
@@ -43 +66 @@
   * Code: http://github.com/migurski/canvas-warp
  * http://labs.metacarta.com/rectifier/
-=== PostgreSQL management ===
+
+== PostgreSQL management ==
  * Connect to Database (or use pgAdmin III GUI's PSQL Console on plugins menu)
 {{{
@@ -71 +95 @@
  * VMap0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_Map
  * Admin 0 & 1, Hydro features, Raster & Vector: http://www.naturalearthdata.com/
+ * Admin 1-4: http://geonames.org
+
 ==== OGC (WMS/WFS) ====
  * http://geonetwork-opensource.org/geonetwork-nodes
  * http://www.ogc-services.net
  * !BlueMarble & Mosaic (!LandSat7): http://onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/
- * Hazard Layers http://preview.grid.unep.ch:8080/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities
- * Hazard Layers http://www.pdc.org/mde/services.jsp
- * Massachusetts http://lyceum.massgis.state.ma.us/wiki/doku.php
+ * Hazard Layers: http://preview.grid.unep.ch:8080/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities
+ * Hazard Layers: http://www.pdc.org/mde/services.jsp
+ * Massachusetts: http://lyceum.massgis.state.ma.us/wiki/doku.php
+
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