Maybe you can commit these to the /resources/geojson directory? They would be quite handy for others as well perhaps.
Regards, Jason On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Knut Staring <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me also attach geojson versions of overlay files that are needed for > official maps - namely disputed areas and disputed boundaries. > These files need some additional styling (beyond width and color) to render > as required by international organizations. > > k > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Knut Staring <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It's very cool to see the progress Jan and Tri are doing on the GIS >> module, the exports to Excel is very nice, and so is the one to PDF which >> preserves the layers. Inspired by StatPlanet which I also think we should >> add as an output option for DHIS2), >> http://www.sacmeq.org/statplanet/StatPlanet.html, I am testing the GIS >> module with world maps. >> Unfortunately, when generating GeoJSON from shapefiles with many polygons >> the result easily becomes very big (http://mapshaper.com/test/demo.html can >> alleviate that), but here is a world geojson file that is only 150 kb: >> >> http://thematicmapping.org/data/json/internet_users_2005_choropleth_lowres.json >> (discovered at this helpful >> blog: http://blog.thematicmapping.org/2008/04/thematic-mapping-with-geojson.html) >> There is a job to be done to verify this file with the ones used by WHO - >> ISO country codes should be added, and the names of some countries need to >> be changed. Probably some boundaries are also wrong. I will look into these >> issues when/if people would like to use this module for more official maps, >> in which case we also need to extend the export with ability to add a logo >> and disclaimer and maybe a few simple layout choices. >> Some issues: >> - It is not allowed to use 0 for latitude or longitude, even though this >> is the default value. Any reason to not allow that? >> - For a world map one would want to select a zoom level less than 5 which >> is currently the limit. >> - When there is no data for a polygon, it should be rendered without fill >> color, just boundary. >> - The PDF export should include a legend (I think this was recently added >> in Mapfish) >> - When trying to export the whole world to an image, I get this message >> (it works if I zoom in to just a few countries): >> >> Problem accessing /dhis-web-mapping/exportExcel.action. Reason: Form too >> large470782>200000 >> >> With this small file, things seem to work even in Internet Explorer, and >> not only IE8 but even the horrible old IE6 which won't die...(I see no point >> in going to IE5, but it would be good totest IE7 also, which I don't have >> available right now). >> >> So we are definitely on the right track. I would like to set this up as a >> demo with some global data, would be nice to be not have to require a login. >> >> Knut > > > -- > Cheers, > Knut Staring > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- -- Jason P. Pickering email: [email protected] tel:+260968395190 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
