topic Re: Add Shapefile Without using Portal's skill in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Add Shapefile Without using Portal's skill

FlorianCADOZ — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:04:15 GMT

Hello word !

I'm using the JS API 3.17 (or something like that) and I would like to import a shapefile in my map as graphics (like there) but without using a portal url ('cause ain't got a portal licence but a server one only so I may not use that : http://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/features/generate )

If someone has an answer for me ...

Thank you ! 😃

Re: Add Shapefile Without using Portal's skill

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:14:38 GMT

Florian,

If you do not have the ability to use the ArcGIS.com conversion utility service then you will have search for and use a JS Library that can read and convert a shapefile. There are some old ones out there that have not been updated or maintained in years so they would likely need quite a bit of work to be updated to the current version of the JS API.

Re: Add Shapefile Without using Portal's skill

FlorianCADOZ — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:35:56 GMT

Robert,

First, thank you for you answer !

Could you explain me the workflow you're thinking about ?

Is it something like :

I import the shapefile through a classic input, calling a third lib who wanna parse the shapefile and gonna give me a json/geojson ?

Thanks by advance !

Re: Add Shapefile Without using Portal's skill

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:55:35 GMT

As a shapefile is made of multiple files it will have to be zipped (as the esri utility requires as well) and you would use a file input dijit to get this data and the use the 3rd party library to parse the shapefile to get json and then you would create a FeatureLayer using a FeatureCollection.

Re: Add Shapefile Without using Portal's skill

FlorianCADOZ — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:26:06 GMT

Alright, I get it !

I wanna use this lib and now I have to figure out how to use it in the angular-esri-map api !