Thanks Knut, I was able to import directly from the file you shared via matching the ISO codes. Very helpful!
On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 6:26 AM Knut Staring <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forgot to add some regions that can be used for grouping and filtering > (these are not WHO regions): > > South-eastern Asia > 'BRN','IDN','KHM','LAO','MMR','MYS','PHL','SGP','THA','TLS','VNM' > Southern Asia > 'AFG','BGD','BTN','IND','IRN','LKA','MDV','NPL','PAK' > Western Asia > > 'ARE','ARM','AZE','BHR','CYP','GEO','IRQ','ISR','JOR','KWT','LBN','OMN','PSE','QAT','SAU','SYR','TUR','YEM' > Central Asia > 'KAZ','KGZ','TJK','TKM','UZB' > Eastern Asia > 'CHN','HKG','JPN','KOR','MAC','MNG','PRK','TWN' > Northern Africa > 'DZA','EGY','ESH','LBY','MAR','SDN','TUN' > Sub-Saharan Africa > > 'AGO','ATF','BDI','BEN','BFA','BWA','CAF','CIV','CMR','COD','COG','COM','CPV','DJI','ERI','ETH','GAB','GHA','GIN','GMB','GNB','GNQ','IOT','KEN','LBR','LSO','MDG','MLI','MOZ','MRT','MUS','MWI','MYT','NAM','NER','NGA','REU','RWA','SEN','SHN','SLE','SOM','SSD','STP','SWZ','SYC','TCD','TGO','TZA','UGA','ZAF','ZMB','ZWE' > 'AGO','BDI','COG','COD','GNQ','GAB','RWA','STP' > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 12:25 PM Knut Staring <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Nick, >> >> I have been working on a solution to import all the levels, but if you >> are really only looking for the country level, it is quite straightforward. >> The main obstacle is the size of the file, which can be significantly >> reduced by a) filtering out polygons that you don't need (e.g. Antartica) >> and b) simplifying those you do need, e.g. using http://mapshaper.org/ >> (which can also be downloaded and run locally on your laptop). >> >> The filtering can be done in several ways. >> a) It seems you already have the orgunits in your tree, which will then >> serve as a filter itself. Do you already have three-letter ISO codes for >> matching? >> b) If you did not already have the countries (or no good way of >> matching), you can use the ogr2ogr tool of the GDAL package like this: >> >> ogr2ogr -where "GID_0 in >> ('AGO','BDI','COG','COD','GNQ','GAB','RWA','STP')" countries.shp >> gadm36_0.shp >> >> c) Since we now require PostGIS (from 2.30), that is the most versatile >> tool for all of these manipulations (though not sure if the simplification >> algorithms are as good as the ones Mapshaper offers). >> >> I attach a file of all countries reduced to 4%, let me know if you are >> able to use that directly. >> >> Knut >> >> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 11:38 PM Shurajit Dutta <shurajitdu...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone >>> >>> Was wondering if there was a simplified process to import GADM ( >>> https://gadm.org/) boundaries into DHIS2. >>> >>> For example, if I have a global hierarchy of some sort and only want to >>> import the country-level boundaries. >>> >>> ie. >>> Global >>> ---Regional >>> -----Country >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Nick >>> >>> -- >>> Shurajit Dutta (MPH, MHI) >>> Health Information Systems Adviser >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >> -- >> Knut Staring >> >> Department of Information, Evidence and Research >> World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland >> Office: +41 22 791 3683 Mob1: +33 6 4434 2931 Mob2: +47 9188 0522 >> Skype: knutstar >> > > > -- > Knut Staring > > Department of Information, Evidence and Research > World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland > Office: +41 22 791 3683 Mob1: +33 6 4434 2931 Mob2: +47 9188 0522 > Skype: knutstar > -- Shurajit Dutta (MPH, MHI) Health Information Systems Adviser
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