On Jul 21, 2011, at 2:02 AM, Michael Barton wrote: > 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 > <http://www.geometryit.com/igis/>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. You also have GisRoam that only works with epsg4326 but it's pretty cool, I like that you can browse your maps where offline. They have also a paid server to upload your stuff. http://www.gisroam.com/ > > 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 > <http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7437464/iGIS_example.PNG>. 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: http://csdc.asu.edu, http://shesc.asu.edu > http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton > > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
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