[Gvsig_english] Gvsig mini - hi all! contributions / plannedfeatures

[Alberto Romeu]

> 2011/1/27 Alberto Romeu <aromeu at prodevelop.es 
> <mailto:aromeu at prodevelop.es>>
>
>     El 27/01/11 14:43, simon thepot escribió:
>
>         Hi,
>         I just began to develop my own application and chose gvSIG
>         mini as it seems robust and promising ; thanks for developping
>         this great application.
>
>         Yet, after having spent several days in the code, I think some
>         refactor may be made (as mentionned in the header's comment in
>         the activity/map.java file).
>
>         - Are you planning to refactor in the month to come ? (I have
>         to build a first version of my software in this delay)
>         - Is there a way to contribute to gvSIG mini and possibly see
>         some patch merged upstream ?
>         (Troll question: are you planning to move to git ;))
>
>
>         Otherwise:
>         - Do you plan to integrate vector feature import ? (GML etc. ?)
>         - Is there an explanation for not using thrid party lib like
>         the Geotools lib for Java ? (eg: for handling projection,
>         geometry etc.)
>
>
>         Thanks a lot,
>         Cheers,
>
>         Simon Thépot aka djcoin
>
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>     Hi Simon,
>
>     1. I do think some refactor is needed... we are currently in the
>     process of releasing a version with offline POI management, so no
>     big refactor is going to be done.
>
>     2. If you have some patch or bug fix you can e-mail them to me and
>     I will merge them into the trunk for the next version. If you plan
>     to contribute frequently we can give you write permissions to the
>     SVN (we not plan to move to git :P).
>
>     3. Regarding vector data I've done some tests (in my spare time)
>     on using the gvSIG-GPE library to parse some vector formats (GML,
>     KML, GPX...). It would be a nice feature but I guess we would need
>     some collaboration as we have limited resources.
>
>     4. gvSIG Mini was developed at the beginning for Java capable
>     phones (MIDP 2.0 / CLDC), so we couldn't use any third party
>     library as most of them were not compatible with J2ME. When we
>     decided port gvSIG Mini to Android we took some compatible code
>     from the Java phone's version, so, is because of that we have our
>     own geometries and projection model.
>
>     Can I ask you what is your application about?
>
>     Regards,
>
>     -- 
>
>     Alberto Romeu
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> El 27/01/11 17:23, simon thepot escribió:
>> Hi,
>> thanks a lot for your quick and accurate answer.
>>
>> Offline POI management is a great feature :) What do you put under 
>> the "management" word ?
>>
>> The application i'm currenlty developping is supposed to offer an 
>> enhanced (interactive) experience when visiting a famous place 
>> (Castle, museum, etc.).
>> A visit is composed of an offline (for autonomy sake) map, POIs and 
>> media.
>> When the visitor moves into some area (GPS located), actions are 
>> triggered : phone vibrating, sounds playing, media 
>> (text/photos/videos) are suggested.
>> The map displays those media and the POIs he already visited ; the 
>> nearest POI etc.
>>
>> The goal is to provide great immersion when visiting a place.
>> If you have any idea of any kind (how to realize some point using you 
>> application, interesting features, etc.), you are more than welcome :)
>>
>> I am currently refactoring out large pieces of code (just moving 
>> stuff around - to limit class size -, adding factories and so on).
>> It would be great if my patch were to be discussed and some move 
>> upsteam, otherwise It may be  impossible for me to maintain it.
>> I would be glad to help building your app  as I will certainly still 
>> use it in the future.
>>
>> Submitting my work by patch seems a bit tedious. How could we improve 
>> this ? Maybe a repo on github where we may comments the code etc. ?
>>
>>
>> By the way, I'm not an expert at GIS technology (trying to learn hard 
>> ! :) ) but I should be able to program as it's my job :)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Simon
Hi,

it seems to me that your application can fit with what we are currently 
developing. We plan to pack POIs into a database stored in the SD card 
and allow the user to visualize several POI layers (transportation, 
accomodation, food, shops, monuments, etc...), find nearest places, full 
text search of POIs and streets, mark POIs as favourites, etc. It looks 
like a great idea add that 'interactive experience' to the POIs.

About how to deal with the development or submit patches, if you want we 
can discuss in private as I will need more info of the features you plan 
to develop.

I have some questions:

Do you plan to publish your app in the market? How do you plan to manage 
POIs and media? Will be they stored in the SD card, taken from a remote 
service...?

Regards,

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Alberto Romeu
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