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[Jan Henrik Øverland <janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just commited the doc. I am not done and it's not thoroughly written at all,
but it will guide you through the vital parts.


On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Jan Henrik Øverland <
janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Jason Pickering <
> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Not sure it is better actually. I would prefer to use FME for this
>> purpose, but do not have it here. The files from MapShaper looked better, as
>> I was able to control the amount of simplification. You cannot do this with
>> ArcGIS.
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>
> Great.
>
>
>>
>> Where are those docs. :)
>>
>
> Currently multi-tasking as never before. Give me one hour.
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>
>>
>> Regards,
>> JP
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Jan Henrik Øverland <
>> janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Right, then go for ArcGIS which is probably better. The reason for
>>> suggesting MapShaper was that people are generally not that good with
>>> shapefiles.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Jason Pickering <
>>> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have already slimmed them down pretty good with ArcGIS, but will take
>>>> look at this tool as well.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. Will look forward to the document.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Jan Henrik Øverland <
>>>> janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jason. I am working on the user doc right now and will commit it in
>>>>> a few hours. Make sure to update again as I just commited a few fixes.
>>>>> Meanwhile I recommend giving this shapefile simplifier a try (polygons and
>>>>> lines only):
>>>>>
>>>>> http://mapshaper.com/test/demo.html
>>>>>
>>>>> It may reduce the size of your shapefiles dramaticly and still make
>>>>> them look good, sometimes even better. Lighter shapefiles do wonders to the
>>>>> overall performance of the application.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Jason Pickering <
>>>>> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> HI there. I would like to give a demo of DHIS2 soon, and would like to
>>>>>> include the web-mapping  module if possible. I have the latest version of
>>>>>> the app from launchpad up and running, and have produced GeoJSON files for
>>>>>> all of my admin units. Does anyone have any basic documentation of
>>>>>> instructions for how to get this running?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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