[GRASS5] Platform for next generation UI

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi all.
So basically the GUI devel team is split in two:
- TclTk (mostly Michael)
- Qt/QGIS (mostly Radim)
Please don't take it personally, but I'm still convinced of the superiority of 
the new approach, especially because we can tap from another valid pool of 
developers (the qgissers), which is something we need.
Using grass as an engine behind qgis has a number of important advantages 
(behind the more pleasant experience for the "normal" GIS user), attracting 
new users, easing up the migration from proprietary software (see 
eghttp://www.faunalia.it/en/freegis_comments/qgis_mapinfo.php), and in 
general, avoiding to expose new users to unnecessary complexity. In our case, 
we saved 10+ Gb of disk space for our reference (background) maps by keeping 
them in their original format (geotiff and jpeg) instead of converting them 
into GRASS format. Displaying other formats of data (shapefile, postgis, wms, 
etc.) is also much more straightforward with qgis.
So my vote (for what is worth) is for the second solution.
pc

At 18:10, mercoledì 28 dicembre 2005 you presumably wrote:
> Paolo,
>
> I checked in the CVS. Over the past year, contributors to the TclTk
> interface have included Hamish, Markus, Cho, and Florian as well as me.
> Glynn Clements has given a lot of help and advice on and off list. These
> folks also actively contribute to other areas of the GRASS code. Several
> other people have been a big help as early testers. I've done most of the
> coding for the past couple years.
>
> I don't know how many people actively contribute to GRASS. Given the size
> and complexity of the project, we could always use more. It would be ideal
> if there were 3-4 people who could focus on the UI, especially while it's
> in development.
>
> Michael
> __________________________________________
> Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
> School of Human Evolution and Social Change
> Arizona State University
> Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
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