[OpenLayers-Users] format shapefile

[Diego Guidi]

Thanks for the link, cool stuff :)

Diego Guidi


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Bart van den Eijnden
<bartvde at boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
> 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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