> > "The idea is to add (basic) GIS (Geographical Information System) > functionalities to OpenOffice Base. This kind of features terribly lacks > in standard DBMS, thus people interested in displaying maps must use > another software - and that often means spending a lot of time to get > used to it. I'm not talking about executing advanced spatial queries or > image analysis, but something like displaying a map would be a good > start." >
Great idea! Until then you might want to look at the uDig and QGIS projects or some programs available from the US government. uDig http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Home Wikipedia uDig http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDig Quantum GIS (QGIS) http://www.qgis.org/ Wikipedia QGIS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_GIS There is also EPI Info available at the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/ and Census and Survey PROcessing system (CSPRO) available at the US Census department. http://www.census.gov/ipc/imps/mapview/impsmap.html Jim Callahan Orlando, FL On Nov 19, 2007 10:09 AM, Nicolas Clavaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody. I have an idea for OpenOffice but not enough Java/UNO > programming experience to start, so you can certainly help : > > The idea is to add (basic) GIS (Geographical Information System) > functionalities to OpenOffice Base. This kind of features terribly lacks > in standard DBMS, thus people interested in displaying maps must use > another software - and that often means spending a lot of time to get > used to it. I'm not talking about executing advanced spatial queries or > image analysis, but something like displaying a map would be a good start. > > I have many ideas of how it could look like - I tried to summarize them > on a webpage : http://n.clavaud.free.fr/OOoGIS/index-en.htm - but I have > no idea how it could be implemented in OOo : do I have to create an > add-on or a UNO component? I have Java + Netbeans + OOo SDK, and a basic > understanding of english. Do I need anything else? > > Who would be interested to join / help me? > > Thank you, > Nicolas > > And btw, thanks to all who have answered my first post (which is already > one-year old...) : > > http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=1595100 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
