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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Import works fine here too.  A quick caveat to Lars instruction:
probably just upgrading those two modules won't work in this case.
There have also been bugfixes in dhis-service-xml.  And some changes
in representing coordinates which may have implications elsewhere.   I
think to be safe you should just upgrade everything.

Bob
2010/7/17 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>:
> OK are you running the latest source code from trunk, at least the
> dhis-service-importexport and dhis-web-importexport modules?
> The file you sent imports beautifully here.
>
> Lars
> 2010/7/17 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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