hottask_to_shapefile.sh

hottask_to_shapefile.sh

#!/bin/bash
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##
##  Created by Dale Kunce: (dale.kunce@redcross.org)
##  Download a @hotosm task manager task and output to shapefile.
##  
##  chmod +x hottask_to_shapefile.sh
##  ./hottask_to_shapefil.sh <task#>
## 
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#define are limited variables
task=$1
log=./log.txt

echo "download of $task started $(date -I)" >> $log

##get the json
wget http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/$task/tasks.json

#rename file so it has a proper name
mv task.json $task.json

#convert to shapefile
ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" $task.shp $task.json

if [ $? == 0 ]; then
  echo "SUCCESS converting $task $(date +%Y_%m_%d)" >> $log
else
  echo "FAILED converting $task $(date +%Y_%m_%d)" >> $log
fi