[OSGeo-Discuss] Android vector renderer

[Mohammed Rashad]

OpenLayers cannot render shapefile directly but using mapserver it can
we use gdal which can render more format than OpenLayers
changing shapefile viewer to Vector viewer for android is a change of single
line in code :)

see
http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html

Reason2:
we need a shapefile viewer which works on both desktop and android phones
(symbian is also possible)
The Online Shapefile viewer does need to make any changes in source to run
on android. It needs only recompilation
So we have two supported platform in one.

If we use OpenLayers we need to use OpenLayers mobile for android and
OpenLayers for PCs for web
and also we need to make some changes in source of OpenLayers when we switch
between different mobile platforms

<http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html>

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Andreas Hocevar <ahocevar at opengeo.org>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> why not use OpenLayers then? It works on Android, can read vector data
> files, gives programmatic access to the features and geometries, and
> supports the creation of vector features. And if wrapped in PhoneGap
> or Titanium, it will also give you write access to the file system.
>
> Andreas.
>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Johannes Bolz <johannes-bolz at gmx.net>
> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am looking for a vector rendering library for the Android OS that
> should
> > be able to:
> >
> > - render vector data from a file (preferrably .osm)
> > - give programmatical access to the file's features and shapes
> > - support overlays for vector creation (similar to OpenLayers)
> >
> > The apps/libraries I've found so far lack at least one of those
> > functionalities. The second point doesn't need to be met if the app reads
> > from an XML-style file (which I might evaluate separately).
> >
> > I'm developing an indoor map application that should be able to evaluate
> > it's underlying data.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Johannes
> >
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>
>
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Thanks && Regards
Rashad
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