Comments on: Shapefile to SVG translator project http://egb13.net/2009/07/shapefile-to-svg-translator-project/ Time-lapse, weather, maps, and more Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:28:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: hgavin http://egb13.net/2009/07/shapefile-to-svg-translator-project/comment-page-1/#comment-19 hgavin Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:46:10 +0000 http://egb13.net/?p=260#comment-19 I've just used your script from github to generate SVGs from Tele Atlas shapefiles - it works great! Thanks very much for all your efforts. I’ve just used your script from github to generate SVGs from Tele Atlas shapefiles – it works great! Thanks very much for all your efforts.

]]> By: egb13 http://egb13.net/2009/07/shapefile-to-svg-translator-project/comment-page-1/#comment-18 egb13 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:05:16 +0000 http://egb13.net/?p=260#comment-18 Okay, now I recall that git is what Linus wrote to replace that bitthingy. I've created a github account called "kbh3rd" with a repository called "shptosvg". The perl script and an example shellscript that invokes it are the two files currently in the repository. Running "shptosvg.pl -h" gives a fairly lenghty usage summary. The perl script requires two modules from CPAN to run: Geo::Shapefile and SVG. No other external dependencies exist. Okay, now I recall that git is what Linus wrote to replace that bitthingy.

I’ve created a github account called “kbh3rd” with a repository called “shptosvg”. The perl script and an example shellscript that invokes it are the two files currently in the repository. Running “shptosvg.pl -h” gives a fairly lenghty usage summary.

The perl script requires two modules from CPAN to run: Geo::Shapefile and SVG. No other external dependencies exist.

]]> By: egb13 http://egb13.net/2009/07/shapefile-to-svg-translator-project/comment-page-1/#comment-17 egb13 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:12:55 +0000 http://egb13.net/?p=260#comment-17 It's very close to ready for prime time. I just posted a map on Wikipedia that I made with it. I had to do very little tweaking after the fact. It will require some documentation about how to specify all those options on the command line; there's quite a lot there, and I've found it easier to put it into a shell script where I can easily edit and tweak the parameters for successive runs until I'm happy with the result. I was considering creating a project on SourceForge. It would be my first, so I'm not bound to that site. I'm not familiar with GitHub. Why would I want to use that instead? BTW, the new map is at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ogallala_saturated_thickness_1997-sattk97-v2.svg and is used in the Ogallala Aquifer article. (There, I've gone and blown my cover and linked this site to another of my online identities. Out of one closet and into another. ;) It’s very close to ready for prime time. I just posted a map on Wikipedia that I made with it. I had to do very little tweaking after the fact. It will require some documentation about how to specify all those options on the command line; there’s quite a lot there, and I’ve found it easier to put it into a shell script where I can easily edit and tweak the parameters for successive runs until I’m happy with the result.

I was considering creating a project on SourceForge. It would be my first, so I’m not bound to that site. I’m not familiar with GitHub. Why would I want to use that instead?

BTW, the new map is at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ogallala_saturated_thickness_1997-sattk97-v2.svg and is used in the Ogallala Aquifer article. (There, I’ve gone and blown my cover and linked this site to another of my online identities. Out of one closet and into another. ;)

]]> By: CodeMonkeySteve http://egb13.net/2009/07/shapefile-to-svg-translator-project/comment-page-1/#comment-16 CodeMonkeySteve Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:52:50 +0000 http://egb13.net/?p=260#comment-16 This would be extremely handy, would you mind throwing it up on GitHub, even un-tidied? I'm about ready to write my own Ruby version, but I'd rather hack yours. This would be extremely handy, would you mind throwing it up on GitHub, even un-tidied? I’m about ready to write my own Ruby version, but I’d rather hack yours.

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