[postgis-users] GTK/Gnome GIS Client

[Scott Ellington]

Just to follow up, I created a project on NovellForge:

http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/project/?appomattox

If anyone has questions or is interested in contributing, drop me a
line.

thanks,
Scott

On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 21:47 -0400, Scott Ellington wrote:
> Well, I can think of a few reasons:
> 
> -A unified look and feel across the desktop.  
> 
> -Utilize Gnome features:  This could include features like drag and
> drop, where a shapefile could be dragged off a folder and onto the map
> like ArcMap.
> 
> -Integration with other applications.  Including (perhaps) reusable
> components/objects.
> 
> -Development in the native toolkit/window manager could give performance
> improvements.
> 
> -I like Gnome :)
> 
> In terms of it being wasteful, redundancy is a part of open source
> software development.  It seems to me that competition helps all
> projects in that groups learn from each other.  
> 
> Also, IF this we were written in .NET than the base libraries could be
> used acrossed platforms, toolkits, and operating systems as well.
> 
> Scott
> 
> On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 17:37 -0700, Paul Ramsey 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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