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[John lewis <johnlewis.hisp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lars, I tried to import the GML file using the import option. I dont see
any error in the log but in the screen it says "No import process running".
I am attaching the GML file of Orrissa which Jan have converted and given to
me.
John

2010/7/15 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>

>
> We are in the process of changing the GIS module in terms of how the
> geographical information is persisted and presented.
>
> In the snapshot version we now store the coordinates in JSON format
> directly in the database on the OrganisationUnit.coordinates property. This
> gives us a lot more flexibility in the way maps are presented.
>
> Previously maps had to be registered explicitly either in the form of
> GeoJson files or Shapefiles. Then the user had to select a map together with
> indicator and period. Now the user can select an orgunit from a tree and the
> children of that orgunit at the level below will be displayed in the map.
>
> In large countries in India it is impossible to display a single map at the
> lower levels (eg. for thousands of districts) as the map will be too heavy
> and slow to load. Registering and managing maps for every e.g. provinces
> will also be too cumbersome. With the current solution there is no more work
> of registering and selecting maps - only the one time job of importing
> geographical data/coordinates into the database.
>
> Importing is a 4 step process:
>
>
> *1.* Convert your shapefiles (or whatever format you have) into GML.
>
> The recommended tool is FWTools, http://fwtools.maptools.org/ . The
> command for converting shapefiles into GML is
>
> ogr2ogr -F GML output.gml input.shp
>
> (make sure you stand inside the folder containing the shape files)
>
> Check available formats with the command ogr2ogr
>
>
>
> *2.* Make sure the XML element inside the GML file which contains the
> orgunit name is called exactly *ogr:Name* (use search and replace if not),
> e.g.
>
> <ogr:Name>Badjia</ogr:Name>
>
>
> *3.* Import the GML file into DHIS through the regular import interface
> (no need to zip it)
>
>
> *4.* In the GIS module, make sure the Administrator - Map Source setting
> is set to *DHIS database*.
>
> In the Polygon Layer screen, you can then select the orgunit from the tree
> which appears by clicking on the Parent orgunit field.
>
>
> Caveat: Shapefiles tend to have duplicate orgunit names, at least at the
> lower levels, which will cause the import to crash as DHIS requires unique
> names. This will have to be taken care of in the GML/shapefile manually for
> now, will see if we can handle this better in the future.
>
> Feedback on this is appreciated as we hope to release soon. Using the
> module with GeoJson as map source works as before.
>
>
> Thanks to Jan and Bob for great work on GIS / import so far...
>
>
> Lars
>
>

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