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ShpEscape allows users to upload shapefiles for import into Google Fusion Tables. It currently uses GeoDjango (you will want a spatially enabled db, and associated dependencies like GEOS, GDAL, Proj4).
A demo site can be found at http://www.shpescape.com
cd <installation-directory> virtualenv env-shpescape source env-shpescape/bin/activate hg clone https://shpescape.googlecode.com/hg/ shpescape cd shpescape pip install -r requirements.txt
Create a local_settings.py, and add in the database settings and all the other local_settings parameters noted in the main settings.py. Then do:
python manage.py syncdb
python manage.py runserver
#also run the background task that processes uploads python shapeft/ft_insert.py . settings &
This application was written, in a hurry, by Josh Livni (jlivni@google.com). See the LICENSE file for information on the license.