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Hi Adam,<br>
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QGIS for Android is one possibility but as Nicolas said, there is no
python support (this may or may not be a limitation for you).<br>
The user interface itself is a direct port of the desktop
application, so it is not optimized for touch devices and quite
unpleasant to use especially without a stylus pen. Positioning
should work.<br>
<br>
There is also the QField project which is based on the QGIS
libraries and (like QGIS for Android) available from the play store.
It has a simplified touch interface and positioning support. It
fully supports styling from QGIS project files. It supports changing
attribute values but not digitzing geometries. So if you need a
simple data-viewer, this would be the app to try.<br>
You would have to check if the file size is a problem. I would also
suggest to convert it to a spatialite file on the desktop first. <br>
<br>
Support for spatialite is better than shapefile support on the
device (i.e. shapefiles tend to cause random crashes in QGIS and
QField). As a database format I suppose spatialite it is better
suited for random access on big datasets anyway.<br>
<br>
Be aware that both projects at the moment are not compatible with
Android 5. We are still considering to start a crowdfunding campaign
to change this though.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Matthias<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/29/2015 05:33 PM, Adam Sherman
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<div dir="ltr">Merci Nicolas!
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<div>I will give you a call for sure.</div>
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<div>A.</div>
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Nicolas Cadieux <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<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>
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<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.
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<div>The Province of Quebec, Canada, now
publishes road data in multiple formats:</div>
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<div>MapInfo (TAB)</div>
<div>ESRI (SHP)</div>
<div>ESRI (PGDB)</div>
<div>ESRI (FGDB)</div>
<div>Géomédia (MDB)</div>
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<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>
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<div>Anyone have any ideas?</div>
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<div>I have:</div>
<div><br>
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<div>A MacBook</div>
<div>I can run Windows on it</div>
<div>An Android tablet</div>
<div>A iPad (iOS)</div>
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<div>Note: The SHP file is 1.6 GB.</div>
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<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>
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<div>Thanks for any and all comments or
suggestions,</div>
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<div>A.</div>
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