#shapefiles — Public Fediverse posts

@russss @geofabrik I switched away from #shapefiles to #geopackage because shp can't be more than 4 (or is it 2) GiB.
Otherwise I haven't been convinced...

@russss @geofabrik I switched away from #shapefiles to #geopackage because shp can't be more than 4 (or is it 2) GiB.
Otherwise I haven't been convinced...

@seav Thank you so much for pointing me to the CShapes package! I’ve been looking for shape files of the late Ottoman Empire for years.

#HistoricalGIS #ShapeFiles #OttomanEmpire #DigitalHumanities #rstats

@seav Thank you so much for pointing me to the CShapes package! I’ve been looking for shape files of the late Ottoman Empire for years.

#HistoricalGIS #ShapeFiles #OttomanEmpire #DigitalHumanities #rstats

I'm not one to toot my own horn very much, but my https://github.com/lostmapper/gis-dockerized project has been really handy for testing out some tools I've been creating for importing #Shapefiles into #PostGIS and then publishing them as layers in #GeoServer.

#GIS #Docker #GeoBlacklight

Montana's State Historic commission require shapefiles to be submitted for all areas that are classified as historic. #magip #shapefiles

Montana's State Historic commission require shapefiles to be submitted for all areas that are classified as historic. #magip #shapefiles

Missed your 25th birthday @shapefiIe (July 1998); that is 175 years in technology years! 🙃 😜 🤔 😁
(and some are worried about Joe Biden!)
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Nothing personal, but #shapefilesmustdie
https://www.gis-blog.com/geopackage-vs-shapefile/
#GIS #spatial #mapping #shapefiles #geopackage #moderntechnology #technology #mappymeme

Missed your 25th birthday @shapefiIe (July 1998); that is 175 years in technology years! 🙃 😜 🤔 😁
(and some are worried about Joe Biden!)
--
Nothing personal, but #shapefilesmustdie
https://www.gis-blog.com/geopackage-vs-shapefile/
#GIS #spatial #mapping #shapefiles #geopackage #moderntechnology #technology #mappymeme

I'm on a new project at work to create, store, and programmatically analyze datacenter building plans, eg. Calculating lengths of cable runs. I used to work in #gis, and remember just enough to know that all my approaches are hopelessly naive. Are #shapefiles still a viable option for low-ceremony vendor neutral structured #spatial analysis? (Probably from Python) cc. @sgillies

I'm on a new project at work to create, store, and programmatically analyze datacenter building plans, eg. Calculating lengths of cable runs. I used to work in #gis, and remember just enough to know that all my approaches are hopelessly naive. Are #shapefiles still a viable option for low-ceremony vendor neutral structured #spatial analysis? (Probably from Python) cc. @sgillies

It's a wrap! Just wrote the final installment in the story of Jack and Jill, the GIS pros who find love while sticking to their preferred tools (shapefiles and Python 2). It's a heartwarming tale with a happy ending
#gis #shapefiles #python #python2 #lovestory #happyending #giscommunity #gispros #gischat

It's a wrap! Just wrote the final installment in the story of Jack and Jill, the GIS pros who find love while sticking to their preferred tools (shapefiles and Python 2). It's a heartwarming tale with a happy ending
#gis #shapefiles #python #python2 #lovestory #happyending #giscommunity #gispros #gischat

Had ChatGPT write a heartwarming tale about a GIS pro who refuses to let go of his love for shapefiles. It's a reminder that sometimes, sticking to our roots and what we know can be more important than following the latest trends. #gis #shapefiles #geopackages #mapping #giscommunity #gispros #gischat #geospatial #shapefile @shapefile

Had ChatGPT write a heartwarming tale about a GIS pro who refuses to let go of his love for shapefiles. It's a reminder that sometimes, sticking to our roots and what we know can be more important than following the latest trends. #gis #shapefiles #geopackages #mapping #giscommunity #gispros #gischat #geospatial #shapefile @shapefile

Ridiculous question: Is there an easy way to convert PDF #maps to #shapefiles? I'm still trying to figure out a way to get a shapefile of the US highway system circa 1975. #GIS

Ridiculous question: Is there an easy way to convert PDF #maps to #shapefiles? I'm still trying to figure out a way to get a shapefile of the US highway system circa 1975. #GIS

Something I tend to preach to users has been put on a website with details:
http://switchfromshapefile.org/

Don't use #shapefiles if you have no special usecase.
* exchange with dumb programs often still relies on it, though most implementations I see in real life are broken and ex-/import fail horribly
* even the company that invented the file format (30 yrs ago?) usually produces invalid data
* you never know, if the file format of the multiple files is borken or just the content
* use more #gpkg