=============== ShpEscape

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Introduction

ShpEscape allows users to upload shapefiles for import into Google Fusion Tables. It currently uses GeoDjango (you will want a spatially enabled db, and associated dependencies like GEOS, GDAL, Proj4).

The Site

A demo site can be found at http://www.shpescape.com

Installation

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cd <installation-directory>
virtualenv env-shpescape
source env-shpescape/bin/activate
hg clone https://shpescape.googlecode.com/hg/ shpescape 
cd shpescape
pip install -r requirements.txt

Customizing Local Settings

Create a local_settings.py, and add in the database settings and all the other local_settings parameters noted in the main settings.py. Then do::

python manage.py syncdb

Starting the development server

python manage.py runserver

#also run the background task that processes uploads
python shapeft/ft_insert.py . settings &

Credits

This application was written, in a hurry, by Josh Livni (jlivni@google.com). See the LICENSE file for information on the license.