Michigan DNR to Open Trails Converter

A working python conversion script for Michigan DNR data to the Open Trail specification

Getting Started

1. Clone the repo git clone git@github.com:trailheadlabs/MIDNRToOpenTrails.git
2. Ensure you have Python 2.7+ installed by running python --version
3. Install Python 2.7+ if not already installed.
4. Install dependencies by running pip install -r requirements.txt
5. Copy latest marquette_pilot_open_data.zip to input directory
6. Run python MIDNRToOpenTrails.py
7. A new MI_DNR_OpenTrails.zip will be placed in the output directory. Enjoy!

What this script does.

Order of operations

1. Unzips input files (stewards.xls, named_trails.xls, trailheads and trail_segments shapefiles)
2. Reads input files (into memory)
3. Builds OpenTrails compliant data structures in memory
4. Writes data structures to OpenTrails files (stewards.csv, named_trails.csv, trailheads.geojson, trail_segments.geojson)
5. Creates simplified versions of the trail_segments.geojson file, using the rdp package.
6. Zips files in output directory into MT_DNR_OpenTrails.zip

Dependencies

• pyshp
• pyproj
• requests

Notes

• Does not include areas.geojson