Find examples of using Esri/other industry-standard tools to output geojson

[waldoj]

Add this to step 4.

[waldoj]

Be sure to look into TopoJSON vs. GeoJSON.

[waldoj]

Esri Redistricting publishes its data to ArcGIS Online, which allows data to be downloaded as GeoJSON. I want to plot out what that path looks like, but at least we know it's possible.

[waldoj]

Maptitude supports GeoJSON, but in an odd way. Their table of formats does not mention GeoJSON, but their "Mapplications" export process publishes data as GeoJSON:

In Maptitude, it is as simple as choosing File-Save As-Mapplication.

It sounds like it produces a directory full of images, Leaflet JS, GeoJSON, HTML etc., which the user can then publish to their own web server. So this sure looks like a simple path for the production of GeoJSON directly from Maptitude.

[ericsoco]

Linked here from workflow doc.
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Leaving open in case we want to find more tools. Ultimately, it would be good to pull these options directly into the workflow doc.

[ericsoco]

@benbalter uses ogr2ogr to automate conversion from ESRI shapefiles to GeoJSON.

Pretty sure I've used this before as well, since openredist went on hold.

[benbalter]

@benbalter uses ogr2ogr to automate conversion from ESRI shapefiles to GeoJSON.

See also https://ben.balter.com/2013/06/26/how-to-convert-shapefiles-to-geojson-for-use-on-github/

[ericsoco]

Mapshaper is great for a web UI, and offers shape simplification, reprojection, and other features (available via ogr2ogr CLI).