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Re: DHIS Web mapping HOW-To?

 

Final commit for 2.0.2 from Lars is only a couple of minutes away so please
wait for it and re-build. GIS feedback is highly appreciated by me.

Jan


On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Jan Henrik Øverland <
janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>> Great.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Where are those docs. :)
>>>
>>
>> Currently multi-tasking as never before. Give me one hour.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 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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