<p dir="ltr">Hi Adam,<br>
You can run QGIS in and Android tablet but it is limited (and last time I looked at it, it looked more like a beta project. It also did not have python support). (Correct me someone if I am wrong). I was also running it on a 7 inch tablet and that was also a bad idea.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Besides, opening a 1.6 GB file on a device that has 1 or 2 GB is probably a no go. You would need to chop it down in smaller pieces. I could help you.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Also, I find that a tablet, in the field, has a very bad battery life compared to a true GPS. Your best bet for search and rescue is probably to send that shp file to a track or waypoint file into a good GPS. QGIS has plugins that can do this and a good GPS will have software that will read shp file or give you they tools to convert them. You would need a compatibles GPS receiver.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But it depends on what you need. If you want, I could help you out with the project. I am in Montreal but from Ottawa and would be happy to help out since you will probably go after me in the bush some day. I am in Ottawa often.</p>
<p dir="ltr">You can contact me at home at 514-987-6253.<br>
Cheers<br>
Nicolas</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 29, 2015 10:40 AM, "Adam Sherman [via OSGeo.org]" <<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5221770&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a>> wrote:<br type='attribution'><blockquote style='border-left:2px solid #CCCCCC;padding:0 1em' class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">This is maybe slightly off-topic, but I'm hoping this is the right place to figure this out: I've been tearing my hair out trying to get from there to here, so I'm posting in the hope that someone has done this before me.<div><div><br /></div><div>The Province of Quebec, Canada, now publishes road data in multiple formats:</div><div><br /></div><div>MapInfo (TAB)</div><div>ESRI (SHP)</div><div>ESRI (PGDB)</div><div>ESRI (FGDB)</div><div>Géomédia (MDB)</div><div><br /></div><div>I opened the SHP in QGIS and it is incredibly detailed! It contains forestry roads not found in any other data that I have looked at. So, I want this in my truck. But I have been completely unable to get it to work, short of carrying my laptop with me.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyone have any ideas?</div><div><br /></div><div>I have:</div><div><br /></div><div>A MacBook</div><div>I can run Windows on it</div><div>An Android tablet</div><div>A iPad (iOS)</div><div><br /></div><div>Note: The SHP file is 1.6 GB.</div><div><br /></div><div>The goal is pretty much any way to get the data onto a tablet with a GPS app. I don't mind buying some software, either.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for any and all comments or suggestions,</div><div><br /></div><div>A.</div><div><br /></div>-- <br /><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Adam Sherman<br />Directeur des opérations, Sauvetage bénévole Outaouais<div>Director of Operations, Ottawa Volunteer SAR<br />CTO, Versature Corp.<br />+1 613 797 6819<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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