[PyKDE] Python based GIS application

Gerard Vermeulen gvermeul at grenoble.cnrs.fr
Thu Mar 20 17:44:00 GMT 2003


Do you know GRASS? See http://grass.baylor.edu/

As far as I understand it is a set of command line programs, glued
together by Tcl-Tk. Maybe it does the job for you. You may consider
to replace the Tcl-Tk interface by PyQt.

There is a precompiled binary for Windows, too, if you need it.

I do not use GRASS: if one has to believe the rumors is as
powerful as any commercial program, and it is free (see 
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/18/1815234 why the
US has choosen proprietary stuff instead of GRASS for the
renewal -- or colonolization? --  of post-Sadam Iraq).

Gerard

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 10:54:57AM -0500, Eron Lloyd wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've been looking into working on a desktop GIS application, and not being 
> quite brave enough to learn C++, was pondering using PyQt instead. Do you 
> think this would be feasible enough, due to the enourmous graphical 
> processing demands necessary for geospatial imaging? Also, what is the 
> general consensus on providing some kind of functionality in a PyQt 
> application similar to Qt Script?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eron
> 
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