On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 16:49 -0500, Jason Winningham wrote: > On Oct 4, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Stephen - K1LNX wrote: > > > Maps, maps and more maps. > > Ye gods, xastir already supports hundreds of formats. If there's an > area of xastir lacking, that ain't it. (:
I guess I need to get back to making those tutorials. I've been getting sidetracked with other projects (GRASS development). :( > > We need the ability to use Google maps > > Licensing issues could problematic, but I think someone is already > keeping an eye on that. Google does not have a compatible license, although they aren't exactly enforcing it, either. I avoid Google imagery at all costs for a variety of reasons. Licensing just happens to be near the top of the list. > I suspect something more like our own internet map server (or set of > servers) could be useful, so that the free map data that's available > could be stored in such a way it could be displayed nicely and > consistently. An added bonus to this method would be that those of > us who operate mobile/internet-less could duplicate the mapserver > with our personal dataset. I've considered doing this. I have capable web hosting, but have lacked the time to put mapserver up. This would also most likely include a fork() of OSM that enforces data integrity. > > True cross-platform compatibility. Should it be developed in Python > > or Java? Java: Write Once; Test everywhere. I'd prefer to see wxPython on the GUI. I was initially very skeptical, but I've been quite impressed with usability and interface speed. > I'd say neither, as scripting/interpreted languages (Python) don't > always scale well (there's a _lot_ of code in xastir). Python > doesn't appeal to me for another reason: minor version differences > are incompatible with each other (ImageMagick, anyone?). I've got a > reasonably complex unix enterprise configuration, and python is a > serious pain. Java seems to be a pig, performance-wise. There's no need to rewrite the core of Xastir except where relating to GUI. Tk/Tcl/*Magick is the bane of Xastir. > I'd like to see xastir remain fairly lightweight for mobile/portable > applications. > > Something like Qt (licensing issues again!) would be more desirable, > IMO. wxWidgets claims to be a similar open source cross-platform > development toolkit, but I know nothing about it (other than the only > time I tried to install on Solaris it wouldn't build without a fight). My only issue with wxPython is it's rapid development, which is not always backwards compatible. -- 73, de Brad KB8UYR/6 <rez touchofmadness com> _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
