[Qgis-user] QGIS on a mobile platform

[Kirk Schmidt]

Josh:

Another option is to use Avenza Maps (commercial) to view your 
georeferenced pdf's directly on a phone or tablet.  This makes a simple 
to use mobil solution that does not require an intenet connection

Kirk

On 9/10/2021 2:02 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> If you just want something that will show a georeferenced and your
> current look at viking and gpsd.  I am not sure if it does
> georerferenced pdf, but am 99% sure it will do geotiff.  I use it with
> openstreetmap TMS for looking at tracks.
>
> I don't know if any of that works on windows, but with cygwin/X I would
> expect it would.  Maybe someone knows of a less-posixy approach.
>
> You probably could just run qgis and use live gps, but that may be too
> heavy for your win7-32 box.
>
> Your subject said "mobile" which usually means phone/tablet.  Not what
> you asked, but there are various qgis-world apps: input, qfield, SMASH
> that might do you what want, and Trail Sense on android, which can just
> about do georeferenced pdf, if the pdf is in web mercator, but I'm
> having a hard time with qgis-produced maps.
>
> Also not what you asked, but if anyone knows of a command-line tool to
> just print out the georeferencing information from a pdf and check it
> for conformance, please let me know, and it could be useful to Josh in
> debugging next steps too.
>
> Greg
>
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