On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Christopher Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov>wrote:
> On 1/6/11 9:19 AM, Mohammed Rashad wrote: > >> Instead of looking for code, I'd rather suggest to sit down and think >> what you need. I assure you, all you need you have in OGR tutorial >> on gdal.org/ogr <http://gdal.org/ogr> website. The only thing you >> >> need more is to pass vector data/point to rendering API you want to >> use. >> >> yes Mateusz Loskot, i need this part. passing the vector data/point to a >> rendering API. >> > > It's still not clear quite what you want. If you just want to look at shape > files, I'd use an off-the-shelf desktop GIS, there are lots, QGIS is pretty > nice. > > You can also render shapefiles with mapnik or mapserver -- both are highly > customizable and produce very nice output. > > If you want a library you can embed in your own app, and maybe customize, > that's a different story. > I need a c++ library to just display an OGR shapefile. i need to embed this C++ library in my application that what I need. Is that clear? If you need any further details i will provide. > > For Python you could use wxPython and my wx.lib.floatcanvas. It doesn't > understand shape files, but with OGR reading them, it's very easy to throw > points, lines and polygons on the canvas, and be able to zoom and pan around > to look at them. > > We've also got the "maproom" project: > > https://bitbucket.org/dhelfman/maproom/overview > > It's a bit stalled out now, but will be revived. It is designed to be a > general purpose lib and application for interactive map data viewing and > manipulation. It doesn't actually support shape files at the moment, but it > does use GDAL/OGR and has support for points and polygons, so not hard to > write a new plugin for shape. > > It's also using OpenGL for speedy rendering. > > HTH, > > -Chris > > > > -- > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > Emergency Response Division > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > chris.bar...@noaa.gov > -- Rashad
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