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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Much better use of developer time would be to include http://proj4js.org/
in Sushil's app, so that everything needed comes in one sweet package.


On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> shp2gml is taken care of by ogr2ogr, as described in our manual.
>
> Yes, someone could write a QGis plugin, but why should they, since we are
> now working on a web app to do this. Granted, it does not (yet) include
> reprojection, but it does include the other crucial step of generalisation
> using http://www.mapshaper.org/.
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Of course shp2gml tools already exist - they could be described as a
>> bit geeky using the command line.  Though there is need for some of
>> those geeky options for dealing with projection systems and the like.
>>
>> I think someone with some python know how could write a neat little
>> QGis plugin to export to dhis2 format which *might* make it easier for
>> users.
>>
>> On 30 March 2015 at 18:59, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Shape file import sounds like an ideal task for an external developer,
>> as it
>> > could transform the shapefile content and pipe it into the GML importer
>> and
>> > hence does not require lots of DHIS 2 knowledge.
>> >
>> > Lars
>> >
>> >
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Knut Staring
Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
Norway: +4791880522
Skype: knutstar
http://dhis2.org