[OSGeo-Discuss] Mobile GPS data collection...

[Sasa Ivetic]

Just thought I'd introduce myself briefly and add some thoughts of my own. 
I've been following this thread since it started.  I work for David, who got 
the ball rolling on this, and so far I love the amount of attention this has 
gotten!

I've also added the Development Platforms heading on the Wiki page, so 
anyone who has more to add that is more than welcome to.

Just a few thoughts of mine:

- I agree with using SQLLite.  I've used it for past projects, and it is 
very lightweight, extremely easy to use, and performs quite well.  It would 
work excellent on the client end.  It should also be easy to implement a 
synchronization with the server, which should be running a full-featured DB. 
I'm thinking mysql, to stay within the Open Source community as someone else 
suggested.

- I think a fair bit of planning, and subdividing of this project is 
required before we begin any sort of actual coding.  The project we're 
considering isn't necessarily huge, but the portability concerns make it 
more complex than most projects.

- I just ran into something that might prove quite useful for us - 
wxWidgets.  It seems to be a GUI development toolkit, much like QT, etc. 
However, unlike most other GUIs, it is portable and made to look native to 
the OS.  It can also be used from a variety of languages.  I don't have any 
experience with it, but someone who does could possibly comment on it.

The other thing we need to think about is where we will host the code, and 
all the other docs/etc.  We could always host it on sourceforge, which is 
probably the most popular open source code repository (although I can't say 
I like the new interface, I prefer the old one). The benefit to hosting it 
at SF is that they provide CVS, which will be mandatory for a project of 
this magnitude, especially with so many people expressing interest in 
development

That's all for now.  I love the enthusiasm, keep it up.

Thanks,
Sasa I.