[PyKDE] Python based GIS application

[Eron Lloyd]

I'm not intimately familiar with GRASS, but yes, I do know what it is. Thanks 
for the link to that article...I will definately have to investigate GRASS 
much closer. I was considering becoming involved in the Quantum GIS project 
(http://qgis.sourceforge.net), but it is primarily a C++/Qt application, 
starting from scratch, whereas GRASS is an already feature complete GIS 
system in need of a modern, cross-platform GUI shell. This sounds much more 
attainable than starting from scratch! Perhaps I'll announce a new PyQt 
project in the coming weeks!

Hoping for peace for all people,

Eron

On Thursday March 20 2003 11:44 am, Gerard Vermeulen wrote:
> 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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