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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Jan Henrik Øverland
> <janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I would like to suggest that we finally remove the map source types
> > "GeoJSON" and "Shapefiles" from the GIS client.
>
> Jason pointed out to me one big issue with the transition from
> external GeoJSON files to importing geometries via GML: We lose the
> functionality for linking shapes to orgunits in the GUI. I think the
> spatial linking was quite cool, though perhaps not very important.
> However, different spellings is a major issue. With the current GML
> solution, there is no assistance for the user to point out which names
> differ, or how to make changes - it has to be done outside of DHIS2,
> either in the DBF file before converting or in GML.
>

Yes there is through the preview function in the import module.


>
> Knut
>
> >They are not able to offer
> > most of the functionality that will be implemented in the future and even
> > maintaining them as they are would hamper the development of new
> > functionality considerably. However, overlays could still be loaded from
> > local geojson files.
> > In other words, I would like to control the geojson input to the thematic
> > widgets completely by letting our own server produce it. This geojson may
> > contain data from Geoserver, health surveys etc.
> > JH
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> --
> Cheers,
> Knut Staring
>
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