[Arches] Re: Best way to load an ESRI Shapefile as a TileStash vector overlay

Thanks Adam & Rob for the info - I was hoping to just link the shapefile file itself, but it sounds like it is much better to load it into postgis database so I'll do that first, and give it a go. Understood that it's a large file so I'll do an extract first to get the process right and then

[Arches] Re: Best way to load an ESRI Shapefile as a TileStash vector overlay

Ok, I just reread your original post, and 1gb is a pretty large shapefile! I strongly recocommend working through the entire workflow with a cut out of maybe 50 features from that shapefile. It's very time-consuming to make mistakes when processing such large files. On Monday, July 1, 2019 at

Re: [Arches] Re: Best way to load an ESRI Shapefile as a TileStash vector overlay

Hi Brett, You can use shp2pgsql (https://postgis.net/docs/using_postgis_dbmanagement.html#shp2pgsql_usage ) to load your shapefile into PostGIS. From there you can follow this example:

[Arches] Re: Best way to load an ESRI Shapefile as a TileStash vector overlay

Hi Brett, if your ultimate goal is a "selectable layer" as we have documented here: https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/creating-new-map-layers/#making-selectable-vector-layers, I see that one of the recommended sources for that selectable layer is "...a tile server layer serving vector

[Arches] Re: Best way to load an ESRI Shapefile as a TileStash vector overlay

Hi Alina - Thanks for following up with this. I haven't found a solution yet, so if you have any members that might be able to help I'd really appreciate it. Cheers, Brett On Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 2:26:40 PM UTC-7, Alina Myklebust wrote: > > Hi Brett, > > I noticed you haven't received

[Arches] Re: Best way to load an ESRI Shapefile as a TileStash vector overlay

Hi Brett, I noticed you haven't received feedback on your shapefile question. If you haven't found a solution yet, I will see if another community member can help answer your question. Cheers, Alina On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 8:49:47 AM UTC-7, Brett Ferguson wrote: > > I'm struggling