turn shapefiles into geojson in browser

[mapsam]

using https://github.com/calvinmetcalf/shapefile-js

[daguar]

👍

[mapsam]

Should probably just use https://github.com/mapbox/leaflet-omnivore to cover all of our bases quickly

[nickpeihl]

👍

Very few of my users have ever heard of geojson. Shapefiles are well-known though.

[mapsam]

I agree. I think it's unlikely that people will have GeoJSON files lying around for them to edit. I'll make sure this becomes a priority during our sprint next week!

[nickpeihl]

Cool. Looking forward to meeting you at the Spring Fling.

[mapsam]

Likewise! 💃

[lyzidiamond]

Pssssssst: https://github.com/daguar/shapefile-to-webmap /cc @daguar

[lyzidiamond]

Oh snaps I should read comments before I post them... sorry to be repetitive 😨

[nickpeihl]

Unless I'm missing something, leaflet-omnivore doesn't appear to handle shapefiles. Perhaps leaflet-shapefile would work.

[mapsam]

@npeihl you are correct. I think the shapefile piece will have to be different but including omnivore is going to be part of the same process.

@aaronr what was your work-around for using modules without require()? Would it be worth adding browserify #8 so we can get these issues out of the way?

[mapsam]

Thanks to @jczaplew for knocking this one out!