Michael, That's pretty nice looking -- might be THE compelling reason (as if there weren't enough already) to breakdown and finally get an iPad.
Thanks! Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Barton <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:02 pm Subject: [GRASS-dev] check out GIS on iOS To: GRASS developers list <[email protected]> Cc: Helena Mitasova <[email protected]>, Markus Neteler <[email protected]> > A bit over a year ago, if anyone remembers, I was inspired by a > symposium that Helena and I attended at the AAG meetings to offer some > thoughts on the future of GIS interfaces. One of the things I > mentioned is that the iOS interface (iPad and iPhone) was especially > conducive to tactile manipulation of geospatial data. > > Recently, a group has produced a new GIS app that runs in this > environment. The app is called iGIS, and is produced by <>in > Australia. It is still a bit buggy but already allows for the import > of vector (as shapefile) and raster (produced by MapTiler) data via > USB or wifi connections, overlay of vectors and a raster basemap (when > online, you also have access to Google basemaps), the ability to > change vector appearances, basic querying and thematic mapping, > editing of vector data tables, and rudimentary digitizing. Map layers > can be rearranged and turned on/off. It also can access and use the > GPS functions built into iOS devices. It uses the full range of EPSG > projections and seems to do reprojection on the fly. That's actually a > pretty good start. Currently, it is free of charge. I don't think it > is open source, although it seems to use some open source tools. > > ESRI also has some iOS GIS apps out, also free. But these seem closely > tied to ESRI geodatabases and ESRI server online data. > > This is potentially exciting environment for geospatial tools, > combining GPS, portability, and much more functionality than older > hand-held units. I don't know what it would take to make GRASS data > and raster tools available this way, but someone from the GRASS or > QGIS communities might be interested in looking into it. > > You can see a screen shot at <>. This shows archaeological sites as > vector points and a vector streams layer over a Google satellite base > map of central Arizona. > > Michael > ______________________________ > C. Michael Barton > Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity > Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change > Arizona State University > Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 > USA > > voice: 480-965-6262 (SHESC), 480-727-9746 (CSDC) > fax: 480-965-7671(SHESC), 480-727-0709 (CSDC) > www: > > > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > [email protected] _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
