One more thing to be clear. What I want to port is this: http://code.google.com/p/geopaparazzi/wiki/GeopaparazziAndBeegis
Going to update the RFC. Andrea On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:03 PM, andrea antonello <andrea.antone...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Frank, > >> I had a look at the wiki documentation ( >> http://code.google.com/p/geopaparazzi/wiki/ExportData3) and have a view >> questions: >> >> - Are you talking about the capability to import gpx and kml/kmz files into >> udig? > > no, it is really the ability to connect the phone to the pc, supply > the folder to the wizard and import the data of a geopaparazzi survey > project into uDig suitable data. Until now I found shapefiles the most > suitable format. > It is already possible to export kmz and gpx from geopaparazzi > directly. The added value in my opinion is to be able to get "GIS" > data for further analysis. > >> - Where is the reference to the images stored for a feature? Is it an >> attribute in kml? > > Not sure what you mean here. In my proposal it would be the path > inside an attribute of the point shapefile layer created. Ideally uDig > would be able to understand when images or media files are referenced > inside the attribute table and would have a way to open those :) > Ideally... > >> - What do you think about an additional RFC for bookmark import/export >> capabilites for the existing bundle >> (https://github.com/uDig/udig-platform/tree/master/plugins/org.tcat.citd.sim.udig.bookmarks) >> which stores/reads from csv > > I think that is a great idea. Didn't think about it. Will surely add > that if the proposal gets through. > >> IMHO the bookmark feature could be easily added to udig >> (org.tcat.citd.sim.udig.bookmarks). I'm not sure about the other features, >> because of : >> - existing kml/kmz support bundle (Import/export kml/kmz) - properly we >> could improve this plugin with the features coming from BeeGIS in addition >> to catalog support >> - geopaparazzi exchange structure/format is a kind of special >> structure/format and should not be in the core of udig, How about the >> community repository and a P2 update site for geopaparazzi support? > > Well, in that case I would leave it in BeeGIS, since it would be the > same. My feeling is that it would be good to have a direct link to a > mobile open application for surveying data. And the data structure of > geopaparazzi is not really a data structure. It is a very simple data > model. > >> +1 for the the GPS/GPX plugins from BeeGIS >> (eu.hydrologis.jgrass.gpsbabel & eu.hydrologis.jgrass.gpsnmea) this would be >> a major Improvement for udig-core :) > > Hmmm, the gpsbabel hasn't been changed in a long while (actually I > wanted to drop it, I am not sure if anyone is using it) and needs the > gpsbabel executables for all platforms. So this would be a heavy > addition in terms of space. > > The GPS support is not a small one. It comes with plugins that handle > databases connections through hibernate (postgres and H2), has a > database browsers and quite some views. Also the UI has too many icons > in the toolbar to be ported as it is in uDig. > > So, all in all, those two would in case need a different RFC, backed > by some more time. > > The geopaparazzi import is just a lightweight one, which is why I was > daring to propose it. It is kind of like GvSIG Mobile stands to GvSIG. > And I had people complaining about having to install BeeGIS just to > import field data in uDig or transform them to shapefiles. > > Thanks for your comments, > Andrea > > >> >> Cheers, >> Frank >> >> >> 2012/6/11 andrea antonello <andrea.antone...@gmail.com> >>> >>> Hi PSC members, >>> can I draw your attention to this very small RFC? >>> >>> >>> http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Move+support+for+geopaparazzi+projects+from+BeeGIS+to+uDig >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Andrea >>> _______________________________________________ >>> User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) >>> http://udig.refractions.net >>> http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) >> http://udig.refractions.net >> http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel >> _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel