Thanks to Tom Carden’s javascript functions from his shapefile-js project and the new HTML5 local file access API, it is very easy to load and render any shapefile stored in the client’s device.
If you don’t have a shapefile close at hand, get one of these: [China], [Europe], [South America], [United States].
Comments:
- I have only tested it on Windows 7 + Google Chrome v. 15.x and Mozilla Firefox 8. I’m curious to see if it works on smartphones.
- Choose a line or polygon SHP file (not a very big one).
