[postgis-users] GTK/Gnome GIS Client

[Abe Gillespie]

I tried all I could find out there (read: all the apps mentioned here)
and haven't been satisfied with any of them.  Either the GUI was too
slow (Java) or connecting to PostGIS was too slow or it was too buggy.

Plus I'm really starting to love Gnome apps (I'm finally fully Linux
on the desktop with Ubuntu).  I'm from the Windows world of course and
I really REALLY love to program in C#.  And, once something's in Mono
/ .Net you can choose whatever's your poison when it comes to a
programming language.  For instance, someone could very easily write a
plug-in in Boo (http://boo.codehaus.org/).

Those are just a few reasons.  But, at the same time, there is quite
the motivation to improve existing tools.  However, you won't ever
find me in Java.  :)

-Abe

On 8/8/05, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at refractions.net> wrote:
> FYI, uDig (udig.refractions.net) uses the GTK+ widget set under Linux
> (or, rather SWT does, which uDig uses).  If GTK is a big deal :)  I
> think writing one GIS per widget set is a little wasteful and think
> the Eclipse RCP approach is a nice compromise.  qgis compiles
> everywhere now too.  Why the gtk/gnome hangup?
> 
> P
> 
> On 8-Aug-05, at 5:20 PM, Abe Gillespie wrote:
> 
> > Well, I for one think we could get together and make a great Gtk# /
> > Mono GIS app with the professional quality of something like
> > MonoDevelop.  I would love to get involved with this if someone is
> > willing to start up the logistical work.  I have personally never
> > gotten directly involved with an OSS project and I think I'm ready to.
> >
> > My suggestion would be to base it off the C# MapScript API.  Not only
> > does it have most everything we need built in ... built it will keep
> > things pretty unified.
> >
> > -Abe
> >
> > On 8/8/05, sherman at mrcc.com <sherman at mrcc.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 01:04:14PM -0400, Scott Ellington wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think everything should be unified around the platform.  If I was
> >>> using KDE I would run QGIS.  It is really is a completely different
> >>> architecture and I have already invested a lot in Gnome/Gtk.  I
> >>> think
> >>> there is a niche to fill for Gnome GIS.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Just to be clear, in case there is any question, QGIS is NOT a KDE
> >> application.
> >>
> >> -gary
> >> --------------------------
> >> Gary Sherman
> >> http://qgis.org
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