curl -o nynta.zip "https://nycopendata.socrata.com/api/geospatial/cpf4-rkhq?method=export&format=Shapefile"
cd nynta_12c
ogr2ogr can't deal with the projection directly. Replace content of nynta.prj with the following projection string:
PROJCS["NAD_1983_StatePlane_New_York_Long_Island_FIPS_3104_Feet",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["lambert_conformal_conic_2sp"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",984250.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",-74.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",40.66666666666666],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",41.03333333333333],PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",40.16666666666666],UNIT["Foot_US",0.3048006096012192]]
Then reproject and simplify using ogr2ogr
ogr2ogr -f "GeoJSON" -s_srs nynta.prj -t_srs EPSG:4326 -simplify 10 nycneighborhoods.geojson nynta.shp
Now copy the JSON object of nycneighborhoods.geojson into nycneighborhoods.js so that var neighborhoods = <contentsofnycneighborhoods.geojson>;.
Hi Ixbarth!
I have followed an example over at mapbox.com (https://www.mapbox.com/blog/neighborhood-mapping-with-dynamic-vector-data-layers/) where they use your technique for fixing the GeoJson-file into the right format. My problem now is that I have a shapefile for the different areas in Stockholm, Sweden instead, and try to use the tutorial over at mapbox. Unfortunately I can't get it right and wonder if you have any set-up tips for different shapefiles?
Thank in advance!