[Qgis-user] qgis as a data catalog browser and viewer

[Ivan Mincik]

On Friday 20 November 2009, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> and there is Martin Dobias' Postgis-manager plugin - which is quite close
> to a catalogue browser in my opinion, but specialized for Postgis. It
> would have to add the search issues and support for other data formats.

PostGIS Manager is dedicated to PostGIS data and therefore I think it is not good idea to mix another data support. 

Just few weeks ago I have discussed with Martin about PostGIS-only metadata support in PostGIS Manager. He said, that 
the problem is, that everybody is dealing with metadata differently, I can just agree with. Maybe in case of PostGIS, 
it would be fine, if some basic metadata storing model would be included in package. 

>
> I also think that many components for a catalogue browser and viewer are
> already existing. At least 4-5 existing plugins do something along the
> lines, partially overlapping: the plugins listed below plus the Postgis
> manager plugin. One would have to join efforts of the various plugin
> authors to create something more generally usable and compatible.
>
> > -  use the overview map widget to view the data (vector and raster)
> > -  evis plugin for other data such as geocoded photos, non-geocoded
> > paper maps, poster maps, etc.
> > -  metadata plugin for metadata viewing or a new widget to design the
> > graphical forms from a shapefile index attribute table
>
> Andreas

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