Merge pull request #2137 from Ircama/topo-extension-get-shapefiles

Add scripts/get-shapefiles.py
gravitystorm · Nov 29, 2016 · e77111f · e77111f
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diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ psql -d gis -f indexes.sql
 Additionally you need some shapefiles.
 
 ## Scripted download
-
-To download the shapefiles you can run the following script from this directory. No further steps should be needed as the data has been processed and placed in the requisite directories.
+To download the shapefiles you can run the following script. No further steps should be needed as the data has been processed and placed in the requisite directories.
 
 ```
-./get-shapefiles.sh
+scripts/get-shapefiles.py
 ```
 
+This script generates and populates the *data* directory with all needed shapefiles, including indexing them through *shapeindex*.
+
 ## Manual download
 
 You can also download them manually at the following paths:

diff --git a/get-shapefiles.sh b/get-shapefiles.sh