thailand-map-geojson

About

• I couldn't find any Thailand maps with updated data in form of GeoJSON.
• The data avalible is from The Humanitarian Data Exchange which is provided in form of shp file.
• All code that will be used to convert the map is written in Python.
• Map is used by The Researcher. See the specific build at the-researcher-covid-bot-map
• Map Data is updated at 2019-03-01

Requirements

• Python 3
• pandas
• geopandas
• requests (for downloading files)

Building the map

1. Install Requirements pip install -r requirements.txt
2. Download the shp file python download_thailand_map.py. Will download and unzipped files.
3. Build the map with python convert_shp_to_geojson.py [MODE] [ADM LEVEL],
   For example : python convert_shp_to_geojson.py shape 2

Parameters Details

• MODE : centroid, shape
• ADM LEVEL :

0 -> Country
1 -> Province
2 -> District
3 -> Subdistrict (Not Implemented)

Data Source

• The Humanitarian Data Exchange. License : Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations