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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, didn't know about mapshaper .... so we already have the library to
read the shapefiles.  In which case you are right. Do it all in the
app.

On 31 March 2015 at 11:34, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My point is that mapshaper already reads the shapefile, and Sushil's app
> built around it already exists.
>
> You are right that some shapefiles are really heavy (thus the need for
> mapshaper).
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> That is a handy enough library for dealing with projection all right.
>> But doesn't really help in reading the shapefile, which *might* be a
>> bit of a heavy lift for an app dealing with dbf and shp files.  I'm
>> not convinced this would be a really good use of developer time.
>>
>> QGis already does all the grunt work of reading in the shapefile and
>> dealing with the various oddnesses.  Getting it to dump its output as
>> dhis orgunits seems like a relatively straightforward proposition.
>> But you can't assume everyone would want to use qgis.
>>
>> Maybe another approach would be to create a simple less geeky ui on
>> top of ogr2ogr.  dunno really.  I'm not seeing a silver bullet here.
>>
>> On 31 March 2015 at 10:12, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> > Knut Staring
>> > Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>> > Norway: +4791880522
>> > Skype: knutstar
>> > http://dhis2.org
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> --
> Knut Staring
> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
> Norway: +4791880522
> Skype: knutstar
> http://dhis2.org