[Qgis-developer] QGIS on Ubuntu Tablet

[Noli Sicad]

Hi Larry,

The latest QGIS Mobile SoC is using Qt QML as UI for QGIS Mobile.

http://rcarrillo.org/tags/qgis-planet

Probably, you can hack this code and run native in Qt5 QML in Ubuntu
Tablet (Nexus 10).

Ubuntu Tablet Mir (new replacement of X-server in Ubuntu)  is very
friendly with Qt QML.

Thanks,

Noli

On 5/23/13, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just yesterday I was approached at work about making a mobile gis-based
> field mapping program for dinosaur bone excavations (my current day job is
> IT- and design-related for a professional paleontology company). Of course
> I thought of a QGIS-Android and QMap first. Then, I read about the upcoming
> Ubuntu Tablet (Touch) [0], a replacement for Android on modern tablets
> (e.g. Google Nexus, etc.) currently in development release [1][2].
>
> As I understand, it is the full OS, with a stripped GUI down using a custom
> version of Unity that allows both desktop and mobile apps to run
> side-by-side, both literally and graphically.
>
> Has anyone tried this OS on a tablet yet; and, if so, do you have a guess
> on how QGIS might run under it? (I'm looking into a Nexus 10 for testing.)
>
> Marco Bernasocchi, since it appears to be just getting everything to
> compile and run under ARM chip, any thoughts on what may be needed to get
> QGIS up and running under such an OS? I have not found whether Python is
> supported yet, but I anticipate it will be.
>
> [0] http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet
> [1]
> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/02/ubuntu-for-tablets-arriving-on-nexus-7-nexus-10-this-week/
> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
>