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<body class='hmmessage'><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div>Hi Joseph and Tim:<br><br>In the next days I will be setting up a machine to start <br>building qgis dependencies. <br><br>Tim one question, using cmake will require to create<br>a new target platform, do you know where I can find <br>some information about?<br><br>Joseph do you know wich of the dependencies are <br>already ported? the list is the following:<br><br>sqlite<br>geos<br>proj<br>gdal<br><br>Regards<br>Godofredo Contreras<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:49:45 +0100<br>> From: iknowjoseph@gmail.com<br>> To: tim@linfiniti.com; qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Openmoko (was: Qgis api windows ce)<br>> CC: <br>> <br>> hi Tim,<br>> <br>> That sounds great, many thanks. Looking forward to 1.0.0 and any<br>> future lite release.<br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> <br>> Joseph<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> 2008/7/25 Tim Sutton <tim@linfiniti.com>:<br>> > Hi<br>> ><br>> >><br>> >> Supplying you with Openmoko hardware is certainly a possibility and<br>> >> I'm sure we would be happy to support QGIS in this way. Software<br>> >> options are also available; there's the toolchain for porting single<br>> >> apps or the whole environment can be emulated:<br>> >><br>> >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Toolchain<br>> >><br>> >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_under_QEMU<br>> >><br>> ><br>> > Great I'm going to take a look at these resources. At the moment I am<br>> > focussing on getting things ready for QGIS 1.0.0 and I will do some<br>> > work on 'lite' version after that if someone hasnt beaten me to it.<br>> ><br>> > Regards<br>> ><br>> > Tim<br>> ><br>> >> Thanks for emailing and best regards,<br>> >><br>> >> Joseph<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> 2008/7/25 Tim Sutton <tim@linfiniti.com>:<br>> >>> Hi Joseph & Godofredo<br>> >>><br>> >>> Regarding this thread, I am wondering how practical it is to do an 'as<br>> >>> is' port to these small form factor devices. Surely it would be better<br>> >>> to:<br>> >>><br>> >>> - identify which features you would require<br>> >>> - create a trimmed down user interface using libqgis_core & libqgis_gui<br>> >>><br>> >>> We could support such a minimalist UI within SVN itself (e.g.<br>> >>> src/lite) and have a cmake directive to either compile the 'fat'<br>> >>> application of the 'lite' one. On the desktop platform I have already<br>> >>> been involved in making a few 'lite' QGIS applications that use the<br>> >>> core QGIS, a couple of plugins and maptools. Its not difficult to do<br>> >>> and would probably make using QGIS on such a device a more palatable<br>> >>> experience.<br>> >>><br>> >>> Is there any possibility of obtaining a development Openmoko unit<br>> >>> running Qt4 for the QGIS project? Perhaps there is a software only<br>> >>> emulator? If so I would be interested in taking a deeper look...<br>> >>><br>> >>> Regards<br>> >>><br>> >>> Tim<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> 2008/7/23 Joseph Reeves <iknowjoseph@gmail.com>:<br>> >>>> Hi Godofredo,<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> A colleague of mine has just pointed me towards your email, I'm hoping<br>> >>>> that I can persuade you to think about developing qgis for the<br>> >>>> Openmoko platform rather than windows mobile :)<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> The specifications for the FreeRunner phone, the first mass market<br>> >>>> release of an Openmoko device, are very high:<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Freerunner<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> It's the screen that really wins it for me: 480x640 @ 285 dpi. Simply<br>> >>>> put it's beautiful, and you can get a lot of GIS on there! There are<br>> >>>> other reasons why a lot of people think it's the best mobile platform<br>> >>>> currently available:<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Why_Openmoko<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Currently the Openmoko platform runs a GTK based stack, although QT is<br>> >>>> installable. In the near future this will be replaced by the so-called<br>> >>>> ASU release which runs QT by default.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> SqLite is already available for Openmoko; I compiled PROJ.4 yesterday<br>> >>>> and made some progress towards getting GEOS to work.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> I work for Oxford Archaeology and we are very keen on developing<br>> >>>> mobile GIS applications. We have already provided hardware so that<br>> >>>> gvSIG mobile can be developed on the Openmoko platform:<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> http://gvsigmobileonopenmoko.wordpress.com/<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> My blog contains more information about our plans for this device and<br>> >>>> why we think it's so perfect for a wide range of uses:<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/category/OLPA<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Please get in contact if you would like to discuss anything with<br>> >>>> regard to the Openmoko platform.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> All the best,<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Joseph<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Hi:<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> I will try to compile the qgis api for windows mobile 5.<br>> >>>> I have managed to compile most of dependencies:<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> gdal<br>> >>>> sqlite<br>> >>>> geos<br>> >>>> proj<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> But now I found a problem, cmake does not have targets<br>> >>>> for windows mobile platform. I have seen two possible options<br>> >>>> one of them is generate qmake files for the api and the other<br>> >>>> is to create the visual stuido project directly.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> what could be the best option? or should I try to generate a new<br>> >>>> platform target for cmake?<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> If the last is a good idea, any ideas to generate the platform<br>> >>>> target?<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Regards<br>> >>>> Godofredo Contreras<br>> >>>> _______________________________________________<br>> >>>> Qgis-developer mailing list<br>> >>>> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org<br>> >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer<br>> >>>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> --<br>> >>> Tim Sutton<br>> >>> QGIS Project Steering Committee Member - Release Manager<br>> >>> Visit http://qgis.org for a great open source GIS<br>> >>> openModeller Desktop Developer<br>> >>> Visit http://openModeller.sf.net for a great open source ecological<br>> >>> niche modelling tool<br>> >>> Home Page: http://tim.linfiniti.com<br>> >>> Skype: timlinux<br>> >>> Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net<br>> >>><br>> >><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Tim Sutton<br>> > QGIS Project Steering Committee Member - Release Manager<br>> > Visit http://qgis.org for a great open source GIS<br>> > openModeller Desktop Developer<br>> > Visit http://openModeller.sf.net for a great open source ecological<br>> > niche modelling tool<br>> > Home Page: http://tim.linfiniti.com<br>> > Skype: timlinux<br>> > Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net<br>> ><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Qgis-developer mailing list<br>> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org<br>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer<br><br /><hr />Time for vacation? 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