[Qgis-developer] Openmoko (was: Qgis api windows ce)

[Joseph Reeves]

Hi Tim,

> Regarding this thread, I am wondering how practical it is to do an 'as
> is' port to these small form factor devices. Surely it would be better
> to:
>
>  - identify which features you would require
>  - create a trimmed down user interface using libqgis_core & libqgis_gui

This is exactly what I was thinking; I think that we would benefit
most from using a mobile qgis application for data viewing and very
simple editing with the appropriate UI elements adjusted to fit the
screen size and layout.

> We could support such a minimalist UI within SVN itself (e.g.
> src/lite) and have a cmake directive to either compile the 'fat'
> application of the 'lite' one. On the desktop platform I have already
> been involved in making a few 'lite' QGIS applications that use the
> core QGIS, a couple of plugins and maptools. Its not difficult to do
> and would probably make using QGIS on such a device a more palatable
> experience.

This sounds great.

> Is there any possibility of obtaining a development Openmoko unit
> running Qt4 for the QGIS project? Perhaps there is a software only
> emulator? If so I would be interested in taking a deeper look...

Supplying you with Openmoko hardware is certainly a possibility and
I'm sure we would be happy to support QGIS in this way. Software
options are also available; there's the toolchain for porting single
apps or the whole environment can be emulated:

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Toolchain

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_under_QEMU

Thanks for emailing and best regards,

Joseph



2008/7/25 Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com>:
> Hi Joseph & Godofredo
>
> Regarding this thread, I am wondering how practical it is to do an 'as
> is' port to these small form factor devices. Surely it would be better
> to:
>
>  - identify which features you would require
>  - create a trimmed down user interface using libqgis_core & libqgis_gui
>
> We could support such a minimalist UI within SVN itself (e.g.
> src/lite) and have a cmake directive to either compile the 'fat'
> application of the 'lite' one. On the desktop platform I have already
> been involved in making a few 'lite' QGIS applications that use the
> core QGIS, a couple of plugins and maptools. Its not difficult to do
> and would probably make using QGIS on such a device a more palatable
> experience.
>
> Is there any possibility of obtaining a development Openmoko unit
> running Qt4 for the QGIS project? Perhaps there is a software only
> emulator? If so I would be interested in taking a deeper look...
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> 2008/7/23 Joseph Reeves <iknowjoseph at gmail.com>:
>> Hi Godofredo,
>>
>> A colleague of mine has just pointed me towards your email, I'm hoping
>> that I can persuade you to think about developing qgis for the
>> Openmoko platform rather than windows mobile :)
>>
>> The specifications for the FreeRunner phone, the first mass market
>> release of an Openmoko device, are very high:
>>
>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Freerunner
>>
>> It's the screen that really wins it for me: 480x640 @ 285 dpi. Simply
>> put it's beautiful, and you can get a lot of GIS on there! There are
>> other reasons why a lot of people think it's the best mobile platform
>> currently available:
>>
>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Why_Openmoko
>>
>> Currently the Openmoko platform runs a GTK based stack, although QT is
>> installable. In the near future this will be replaced by the so-called
>> ASU release which runs QT by default.
>>
>> SqLite is already available for Openmoko; I compiled PROJ.4 yesterday
>> and made some progress towards getting GEOS to work.
>>
>> I work for Oxford Archaeology and we are very keen on developing
>> mobile GIS applications. We have already provided hardware so that
>> gvSIG mobile can be developed on the Openmoko platform:
>>
>> http://gvsigmobileonopenmoko.wordpress.com/
>>
>> My blog contains more information about our plans for this device and
>> why we think it's so perfect for a wide range of uses:
>>
>> http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/category/OLPA
>>
>> Please get in contact if you would like to discuss anything with
>> regard to the Openmoko platform.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi:
>>
>> I will try to compile the qgis api for windows mobile 5.
>> I have managed to compile most of dependencies:
>>
>> gdal
>> sqlite
>> geos
>> proj
>>
>> But now I found a problem, cmake does not have targets
>> for windows mobile platform. I have seen two possible options
>> one of them is generate qmake files for the api and the other
>> is to create the visual stuido project directly.
>>
>> what could be the best option? or should I try to generate a new
>> platform target for cmake?
>>
>> If the last is a good idea, any ideas to generate the platform
>> target?
>>
>> Regards
>> Godofredo Contreras
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