It is possible: http://www.prodevelop.es/en/blog/11/12/11/rendering-local-shapefiles-html5
However not supported in OpenLayers. GeoJSON is a better choice if you have the freedom to choose. Best regards, Bart Bart van den Eijnden Front-end Developer | Boundless @boundlessgeo On Oct 15, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Diego Guidi <[email protected]> wrote: > shapefile isn't something that it's possible to read inside a browser. > > Diego Guidi > > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Marc-André Trottier > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> why there is no shapfile format ? is there talks about that ? >> i tested some drag & drop with HTML5 and it's working. (only tested with >> .shp) >> the switch to a geoJson on the server side, is it more effective ? >> >> Marc-André Trottier >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users
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