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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Lyn,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial> It's not really my project (I was just trying to
generate some interest on the mailing list). The MobileGIS interest
group (<A
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Mobile_Solutions">http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Mobile_Solutions</A>)
started a few months before FOSS2006, where 20 or so people met for a
"birds-of-a-feather" session (<A
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2006_Mobile_GIS_BOF_Minutes">http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G2006_Mobile_GIS_BOF_Minutes</A>).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Currently, I know of two cross-platform
open-source MobileGIS efforts:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>1. JVN GIS: </FONT><A
href="http://jvngis.googlepages.com/home2">http://jvngis.googlepages.com/home2</A><FONT
face=Arial> - Java based, no data collection features?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>2. Mateusz Loskot's effort (<A
href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wcelibcex/ to">http://sourceforge.net/projects/wcelibcex/
to</A> port Linux/Windows C/C++ libraries (Proj4, GDAL,...) to Windows
CE / Windows Mobile</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Although, there are more listed on the Mobile Solutions
site, most (if not all) are Navigation apps, not data collection apps (like
ESRI's ArcPad). Of course I expect the demand for a data viewer to be
greater than a data capture tool.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>My thought is to use Mateusz's WinCE ported libraries and
wrap a wxEmbedded GUI around them (dunno where the GIS functionality will come
from, GEOS? other?...). The result should be a platform independant (well,
Windows and Linux anyways) GIS Data capture/ Navigation application,
scalable from an iPaq (what! no cellphone or iPod app? ) to a tablet or
desktop computer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Brent Fraser</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=hlynchua@hotmail.com href="mailto:hlynchua@hotmail.com">Lyn Chua</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bfraser@geoanalytic.com
href="mailto:bfraser@geoanalytic.com">bfraser@geoanalytic.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Mobile GIS] GIS on mobile
devices</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Brent,<BR> <BR>I saw your post on the MapTools list on
October 2.<BR> <BR>Are you starting up an Open Source group for GIS on
mobile devices? I would like to contribute as a developer. Here is my
brief<BR> <BR>1999-2000: GPS/INS systems for honours thesis in
university. (Matlab/C)<BR>2000-2001: Embedded Systems (RTOS C) / Wireless
protocol for trains (Java2)<BR>2001-2005: Intergraph GeoMedia
customisation (VB6)/ ENVI customisation (IDL) / Bluetooth connectivity for
IntelliWhere OnDemand (eVB)<BR>2006-present: Autodesk Map3D /
MapGuide.<BR> <BR>Let me know if I can contribute - on the weekends!
=)<BR> <BR>Cheers,<BR>Lyn.<BR><BR>
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