Convert shapefiles into geoJson without ogr2ogr/GDAL
npm install shpnode-shp
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Node.js shapefile parser in pure JS
Thanks to:
vanrijkom
via RandomEtc
##What about shp2json?
Unlike substack's shp2json, this library does not require gdal. Or anything other than fs.
Usage
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still in testing stages
var Shp = require('index');
var shpJson = Shp.readFileSync('path/to/shpfile_base_name');
// or
Shp.readFile('path', function(error, data){
console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
})
TODO
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- Allow to be run from commandline as executable
- Tests actually compare equality of results
- Tests for shapefiles with multiple features
- Separate out loading of file to allow preloading
- Proper support for multiPolygons, etc
###Sample Data
http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php CC-BY-SA 3.0