working notes for converting king county data portal from shapefile to geojson WGS84 projection

gistfile1.txt

Possible work arround if we can't get the gdal python module to work.

p = subprocess.Popen(['E:/EntTools/360EntSignHelper.exe',
                      'E:/build/temp/RemoteAssistSetup.exe'],
                       stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
output = p.communicate()[0]
print output



Install gdal http://giscollective.org/installing-gdal-mac/
use github http://www.thinkful.com/learn/a-guide-to-using-github-pages/start/existing-project/user-page/


git add .
  551  git commit -a -m "testing GeoJSON format"
  552  git config --global user.name "mccombsp-kingco"
  553  git config --global user.emal [email protected]
  554  git commit --amend --reset-author
  555  git push



ogrinfo -al -so facility.shp
ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 ../../../fac_proj.shp facility.shp
ogrinfo -al -so fac_proj.shp
ogr2ogr -f geoJSON fac_proj.geojson fac_proj.shp

os.system("ogrinfo -al -so fac_proj.geojson") 
s.system("ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 newtest.geojson //Users//paulmccombs//kccode//KC_Data//utility_SHP//utility//facility.shp")
os.system("ogr2ogr -t_srs EPSG:4326 newtest.shp //Users//paulmccombs//kccode//KC_Data//utility_SHP//utility//facility.shp")

note from 20131230 - getting set up with Peter