[Qgis-user] Getting There, From Here (How to get this Shapefile into a tablet!)

[Nicolas Cadieux]

Hi Adam, 
You can run QGIS in and Android tablet but it is limited (and last time I looked at it, it looked more like a beta project.  It also did not have python support). (Correct me someone if I am wrong).  I was also running it on a 7 inch tablet and that was also a bad idea. 
Besides, opening a 1.6 GB file on a device that has 1 or 2 GB is probably a no go.  You would need to chop it down in smaller pieces. I could help you. 
Also, I find that a tablet, in the field, has a very bad battery life compared to a true GPS.  Your best bet for search and rescue is probably to send that shp file to a track or waypoint file into a good GPS.  QGIS has plugins that can do this and a good GPS will have software that will read shp file or give you they tools to convert them.  You would need a compatibles GPS receiver. 
But it depends on what you need.  If you want, I could help you out with the project.  I am in Montreal but from Ottawa and would be happy to help out since you will probably go after me in the bush some day. I am in Ottawa often. 
You can contact me at home at 514-987-6253. 
Cheers 
Nicolas 
On Aug 29, 2015 10:40 AM, "Adam Sherman [via OSGeo.org]" <ml-node+s1560n5221761h52 at n6.nabble.com> wrote: 

	This is maybe slightly off-topic, but I'm hoping this is the right place to figure this out: I've been tearing my hair out trying to get from there to here, so I'm posting in the hope that someone has done this before me. The Province of Quebec, Canada, now publishes road data in multiple formats: MapInfo (TAB) ESRI (SHP) ESRI (PGDB) ESRI (FGDB) Géomédia (MDB) I opened the SHP in QGIS and it is incredibly detailed! It contains forestry roads not found in any other data that I have looked at. So, I want this in my truck. But I have been completely unable to get it to work, short of carrying my laptop with me. Anyone have any ideas? I have: A MacBook I can run Windows on it An Android tablet A iPad (iOS) Note: The SHP file is 1.6 GB. The goal is pretty much any way to get the data onto a tablet with a GPS app. I don't mind buying some software, either. Thanks for any and all comments or suggestions, A. -- Adam Sherman Directeur des opérations, Sauvetage bénévole Outaouais Director of Operations, Ottawa Volunteer SAR CTO, Versature Corp. +1 613 797 6819 

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