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Plot points on a Shapefile like this: https://github.com/gka/pyshpgeocode and then convert it to HTML and display it on a browser?

Is this practical method to display the map on a browser?
Any cons of it?

Is there any other way of displaying a Shapefile on a browser?

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take a look at: http://s3.amazonaws.com/shapefile-js/simple.html and

http://badassjs.com/post/845509816/rendering-binary-shapefiles-with-javascript

both use javscript for rendering the shapefile

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thanks, but does it work "offline"? It loads the binary data using an *AJAX request* – user462608 Jul 16 '12 at 9:39
This does work Online and Offline in IE - blog post mapperz.blogspot.com/2010/07/esri-shapefile-html5-viewer.html – Mapperz♦ Jul 16 '12 at 13:14
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checkout shp2Mapstraction.py here which makes your point data to html with desired map provider.(in this trunk you can find more files for some purposes.)

Usage:

shp2Mapstraction.py worker.shp workers.html Yahoo

and here there is some information about it.

i hope it helps you...

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Can that work "offline"? – user462608 Jul 16 '12 at 9:39
Yes. It creates offline html file but provider have to be online.... – Aragon Jul 16 '12 at 9:50
I mean to ask that will I be able to see the map when the internet is not working? – user462608 Jul 16 '12 at 10:07

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