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GeoJSON rendering improvements

46 points by neokya 13y ago

frewsxcv 13y ago
Anyone have any idea why the GeoJSON files here still show up as the raw files? https://github.com/johan/world.geo.json https://github.com/johan/world.geo.json
- mh- 13y ago
  this renders as a map for me: https://github.com/johan/world.geo.json/blob/master/countries.geo.json https://github.com/johan/world.geo.json/blob/master/countrie...
  - frewsxcv 13y ago
    Ah, works fine for me now
- shawabawa3 13y ago
  You have to be viewing the file itself, not the repo
- neokya 13y ago
  Your file extension is geo.json. Rename to .geojson?
  - frewsxcv 13y ago
    But according to the blog post, `.json` should be fine (unless `.geo.json` is not considered `.json`)
- deleted 13y ago
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frewsxcv 13y ago
While all you geo geeks are in here, Leaflet just released a new version: http://leafletjs.com/2013/06/26/leaflet-0-6-released-dc-code-sprint-mapbox.html http://leafletjs.com/2013/06/26/leaflet-0-6-released-dc-code...
malandrew 13y ago
So maybe I missed this in a previous conversation on Github's GeoJSON support, but what's the bigger picture here? I see a feature. I clearly recognize its utility. But, I can't seem to spot the larger trend that prompted this feature? Are there a lot of people using Github with GeoJSON files that are stored in the repo itself? If so, what are some of the use cases for this data being stored in Github? For some reason, I would have imagined that this type of data would be stored in a database and not a Github repo and that's what's confusing me.
- frewsxcv 13y ago
  There are a lot of public datasets that consist of raw GeoJSON data so that non-developers can easily view/use the data. As an example, http://github.com/slugis/incidents http://github.com/slugis/incidents
  - malandrew 13y ago
    Is there any sort of catalogue of all publicly available GeoJSON datasets available on Github?
    - tmarthal 13y ago
      It's not a catalog, but you can use the 'extension:' search option in the command bar. https://github.com/search?q=extension%3Ageojson&type=Code&ref=advsearch&l= https://github.com/search?q=extension%3Ageojson&type=Code&re... Will give you all of the results, it definitely needs a slightly better way of searching.
- aaronjorbin 13y ago
  Part of it seems to be a play to get more governments, who often have A LOT of geo data on Github. Github is in many ways positioning itself to be a public repository of data, not just code.
  - malandrew 13y ago
    Speaking of that, among all the startups that target developers, I've noticed a dearth of startups that focus on providing database backups with versioning, including functionality for functionally defining how to roll back to previous versions of a database and merging or "rebasing" of databases.
kyledrake 13y ago
You guys should build data change visualization. So you can track the changes to the data visually for each commit. And then people can send in pull requests to enhance data and people can inspect and discuss the changes. This can ultimately be used as an api for applications that work with it. Implementing this will have a profound effect on the nature of collection and maintenance of geographical data. I'm happy that this idea has found a good environment to flourish in. It's going to be a lot of fun and you're going to improve a lot of people's lives as a consequence of it. Enjoy it, and keep up the excellent work.
kmfrk 13y ago
Finally! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5875825 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5875825 :)
kgmpers 13y ago
I don't see anything about it in the docs, is there color formatting for polygons, so you could do choropleth maps?
seaborn_ca47 13y ago
This feels like some interns summer project and not a real feature.
- holman 13y ago
  It isn't. To both. It's a "real feature" (like everything on the site), and already there's a ton of people doing really cool things with the data. We're pretty stoked to see what new things come out of it.

46 points by neokya 13y ago

Anyone have any idea why the GeoJSON files here still show up as the raw files? https://github.com/johan/world.geo.json https://github.com/johan/world.geo.json

mh- 13y ago
this renders as a map for me: https://github.com/johan/world.geo.json/blob/master/countries.geo.json https://github.com/johan/world.geo.json/blob/master/countrie...
- frewsxcv 13y ago
  Ah, works fine for me now
shawabawa3 13y ago
You have to be viewing the file itself, not the repo
neokya 13y ago
Your file extension is geo.json. Rename to .geojson?
- frewsxcv 13y ago
  But according to the blog post, `.json` should be fine (unless `.geo.json` is not considered `.json`)
deleted 13y ago
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frewsxcv 13y ago

While all you geo geeks are in here, Leaflet just released a new version: http://leafletjs.com/2013/06/26/leaflet-0-6-released-dc-code-sprint-mapbox.html http://leafletjs.com/2013/06/26/leaflet-0-6-released-dc-code...

malandrew 13y ago

So maybe I missed this in a previous conversation on Github's GeoJSON support, but what's the bigger picture here? I see a feature. I clearly recognize its utility. But, I can't seem to spot the larger trend that prompted this feature? Are there a lot of people using Github with GeoJSON files that are stored in the repo itself? If so, what are some of the use cases for this data being stored in Github? For some reason, I would have imagined that this type of data would be stored in a database and not a Github repo and that's what's confusing me.

frewsxcv 13y ago
There are a lot of public datasets that consist of raw GeoJSON data so that non-developers can easily view/use the data. As an example, http://github.com/slugis/incidents http://github.com/slugis/incidents
- malandrew 13y ago
  Is there any sort of catalogue of all publicly available GeoJSON datasets available on Github?
  - tmarthal 13y ago
    It's not a catalog, but you can use the 'extension:' search option in the command bar. https://github.com/search?q=extension%3Ageojson&type=Code&ref=advsearch&l= https://github.com/search?q=extension%3Ageojson&type=Code&re... Will give you all of the results, it definitely needs a slightly better way of searching.
aaronjorbin 13y ago
Part of it seems to be a play to get more governments, who often have A LOT of geo data on Github. Github is in many ways positioning itself to be a public repository of data, not just code.
- malandrew 13y ago
  Speaking of that, among all the startups that target developers, I've noticed a dearth of startups that focus on providing database backups with versioning, including functionality for functionally defining how to roll back to previous versions of a database and merging or "rebasing" of databases.

kyledrake 13y ago

You guys should build data change visualization. So you can track the changes to the data visually for each commit. And then people can send in pull requests to enhance data and people can inspect and discuss the changes. This can ultimately be used as an api for applications that work with it. Implementing this will have a profound effect on the nature of collection and maintenance of geographical data. I'm happy that this idea has found a good environment to flourish in. It's going to be a lot of fun and you're going to improve a lot of people's lives as a consequence of it. Enjoy it, and keep up the excellent work.

kmfrk 13y ago

Finally! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5875825 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5875825 :)

kgmpers 13y ago

I don't see anything about it in the docs, is there color formatting for polygons, so you could do choropleth maps?

seaborn_ca47 13y ago

This feels like some interns summer project and not a real feature.

holman 13y ago
It isn't. To both. It's a "real feature" (like everything on the site), and already there's a ton of people doing really cool things with the data. We're pretty stoked to see what new things come out of it.