[OpenLayers-Users] format shapefile

[Bart van den Eijnden]

It is possible:

http://www.prodevelop.es/en/blog/11/12/11/rendering-local-shapefiles-html5

However not supported in OpenLayers.

GeoJSON is a better choice if you have the freedom to choose.

Best regards,
Bart

Bart van den Eijnden
Front-end Developer | Boundless
@boundlessgeo

On Oct 15, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Diego Guidi <diegoguidi at gmail.com> wrote:

> shapefile isn't something that it's possible to read inside a browser.
> 
> Diego Guidi
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Marc-André Trottier
> <trottier.marcandre at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> why there is no shapfile format ? is there talks about that ?
>> i tested some drag & drop with HTML5 and it's working. (only tested with
>> .shp)
>> the switch to a geoJson on the server side, is it more effective ?
>> 
>> Marc-André Trottier
>> 
>> 
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