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

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

>
> 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
>

Great I'm going to take a look at these resources. At the moment I am
focussing on getting things ready for QGIS 1.0.0 and I will do some
work on 'lite' version after that if someone hasnt beaten me to it.

Regards

Tim

> 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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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tim Sutton
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>>
>



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