[Qgis-developer] QGIS on Ubuntu Tablet

[Larry Shaffer]

Hi Marco,

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Marco Bernasocchi
<marco at bernawebdesign.ch>wrote:

> almost there, opefully unmatched sip veesions is the last hurdle.
>
Am I to understand that this is directly related to running Python under
ARM, not necessarily an Adroid issue? The Ubuntu Tablet OS image would be
replacing Android on the device [0], so maybe some of your troubles with
the Android API could be entirely bypassed?

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install

Regards,

Larry


> ciao
> http://wp.me/p2s3uH-eh
>
> Marco Bernasocchi (mobile)
> http://opengis.ch
> On May 22, 2013 10:56 PM, "Nathan Woodrow" <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If you can get QMap running on that platform I would be very interested
>> to see it.  Once Python support is in Android I should be able to cover
>> that base with QMap.
>>
>> - Nathan
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 6:50 AM, 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
>>>
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