Convert the shapefile into geojson maybe?
On 11/15/15, Stephen Woodbridge <wood...@swoodbridge.com> wrote: > sukbir, > > geoserver is an option, mapserver and tinyows is another option. You > will likely need to recreate your application using OpenLayers as gmaps > is a closed proprietary library. If you are computing routes in gmaps, > then you will need to look at pgrouting or some other routing solution. > > There is no simple answer to this question without knowing in detail all > the typical transactions that are happening between your application and > gmaps and know things like where do you store your data, etc. > > I would suggest loading the shapefile into postgresql along with any > additional data you create like your geofences. Then these can be > read/write/edited from things like geoserver or mapserver/tinyows. > > gmaps has some ability to pull data from other sources, but it is pretty > limited and I'm pretty sure it does not support routing through other > data. You might be able to put the data in postgresql and create an ajax > handler to fetch limited amounts of data to put and work with in the > client. > > Anyway this is just some ideas, other might have more ideas. > > -Steve > > On 11/15/2015 2:22 PM, sukbir singh wrote: >> Dear Steve, >> Yes currently we have written an application using >> pure gmap where we can draw, save, edit and view geo fence using polygon >> and polylines. Thereafter we can plot data and replay function all on >> the gmap. >> >> Now the issue is that I have a shapefile of particular country? How >> can I load that shapefile? >> >> My biggest challenge is how to port all the functionality done in google >> map into this shapefile? >> >> What I read so far is that I need to install a geoserver is that correct? >> >> Yes my problem is now to render the shapefile as a map and secondly all >> the functionality done via google map? >> >> I hope I am clearer now? >> >> > To: openlayers-users@lists.osgeo.org >> > From: wood...@swoodbridge.com >> > Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 14:05:27 -0500 >> > Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Confusion regarding shape file? >> > >> > On 11/15/2015 1:36 PM, sukbir singh wrote: >> > > Hi All, >> > > Currently I have my application run well on google map. My >> > > client now have a shape file for a specific country. He needs us to >> run >> > > the same functionality which we have in google map done on this >> > > shapefile. So in order to run a shape file must I install e.g. >> > > GeoServer. Then upon that I got to run open layers. How am I going to >> > > integrate google map into open layers? Am I moving on the right path? >> > > Thank you. >> > >> > I think you need to provide a little more information. From you >> > description, it sounds like you have write an application based on gmap >> > api. Now you have a shapefile, >> > >> > what do you want to do with that? >> > * edit the shapefile data? >> > * display it as a base map? >> > * do you need vectors from the shapefile to manipulate? >> > * or just to render the shapefile as a map? >> > * etc >> > >> > Without know what your app does and what you want to do with the >> > shapefile data, it is hard to make recommendations. >> > >> > -Steve >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Users mailing list >> > us...@lists.osgeo.org >> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > us...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users -- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/users/1914034/burton449 GIS Overflow: http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/14426/burton449 LastFm: http://www.lastfm.fr/user/burton449 _______________________________________________ Users mailing list us...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users
