[Qgis-developer] Qgis for Openmoko ?

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On 19 Mar 2009, at 10:07 AM, kimaidou wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I would like to know if there was some project to port Qgis on arm  
> smartphones like the Openmoko Freerunner. This would bring free  
> smartphones a great mobile gis tool.
> I do not know if there is a lot of work to do or not.
>
> There is already a port of Gvsig mobile (java based), with basic  
> features (load shapefiles, choose projection, load wms, connect to  
> gps and autocenter):
> http://gvsigmobileonopenmoko.wordpress.com/
> This tool is very promising, but for me it lacks the ability to be  
> easily extended as qgis is with python plugins (or using qgis core  
> for one specific application). And I am not a java fan :D
>
> For those who do not know the Openmoko project , have a look here:
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner
>
> Kimaidou (was michael douchin in this list before), owner of a Neo  
> Freerunner
>
>


Marco Hugentobler has already made a basic port of QGIS to openMoko.  
Its not released anywhere yet and has only basic functionality. In  
order to do a more complete port it would be needed to build up an  
entirely new UI suitable for the mobile platform.

Regards

Tim

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