<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">It is possible:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.prodevelop.es/en/blog/11/12/11/rendering-local-shapefiles-html5">http://www.prodevelop.es/en/blog/11/12/11/rendering-local-shapefiles-html5</a></div><div><br></div><div>However not supported in OpenLayers.</div><div><br></div><div>GeoJSON is a better choice if you have the freedom to choose.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Bart<div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Oct 15, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Diego Guidi <<a href="mailto:diegoguidi@gmail.com">diegoguidi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">shapefile isn't something that it's possible to read inside a browser.<br><br>Diego Guidi<br><br><br>On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Marc-André Trottier<br><<a href="mailto:trottier.marcandre@gmail.com">trottier.marcandre@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>why there is no shapfile format ? is there talks about that ?<br>i tested some drag & drop with HTML5 and it's working. (only tested with<br>.shp)<br>the switch to a geoJson on the server side, is it more effective ?<br><br>Marc-André Trottier<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Users@lists.osgeo.org">Users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users<br></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>Users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Users@lists.osgeo.org">Users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>