geojson-conversion.sh

# Bulk convert shapefiles to geojson using ogr2ogr
# For more information, see http://ben.balter.com/2013/06/26/how-to-convert-shapefiles-to-geojson-for-use-on-github/

# Note: Assumes you're in a folder with one or more shape files at most 2 levels deep the file structure
# and outputs as geojson with the crs:84 SRS (for use on GitHub or elsewhere)

# GeoJSON conversion
function shp2geojson() {
  ogr2ogr -f GeoJSON -t_srs crs:84 "$1.geojson" "$1.shp"
}

if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
   # Convert all shapefiles in folder
  for file in $(find $1 -maxdepth 2 -name "*.shp")
  do
    shp2geojson ${file%\.*};
  done
else
  echo "translates shapefiles to geojson"
  echo "usage: $0 <directory>"
fi