Improvements to support large shapefiles

To accommodate large shapefiles (i.e., the .shp or .dbf component approaches 2 GB in size or there are many millions of features in the shapefile), the processing of shapefiles has been improved in LACO-Wiki. After uploading a shapefile, the processing of the data set takes place in the background so you can continue to use LACO-Wiki (see Vector Details in Figure 31). An email is sent to your registered email address telling you that the process has started. When the process is completed, you will be sent another email to your registered email account.

Figure 31: An email will be sent at the start and end of the data set processing

Similarly, when you select a legend template or define a legend, the processing will take place in the background and you will receive an email telling you that the process has started and another email when the process is completed. Figure 32 shows the processing happening in the background, telling you that an email will be sent to your registered email address when complete.

Figure 32: An email will be sent at the start and end of the legend processing

In the future, we plan to support File Geodatabases, which will mean that larger files can be uploaded to LACO-Wiki. For the moment, if you have problems with your shapefile, contact us at [e-mail] or create your sample outside of LACO-Wiki. Then upload it using the Augmentation feature (see section on Multiple validations at the same location).