man, 2004-05-17 kl. 14:48 skrev Hakon Gunsen: > Hello, > I'm wondering whether there are plans to establish a > geographic-map-browser application for the GNOME desktop? > Geographic maps are such common information sources with a constant > demand for it in many different contexts. It could also be used by > other applications (like Evolution Contacts, XTraceroute, weather > report, GPS program, educational programs). > Of course, the biggest problem would be how to get qaulity map data. > It's probably quite expensive merchandise, but at least wouldn't it be > possible to gather data for a basic world-continent model (possibly > with country borders too) to start with? > As alternative to local storage, data could be fetch over network by a > server of choice. I don't know though if there's an open file format > that can do that. > Storing city locations wouldn't be a problem, since those are only > coordinates that are known. > I think a map browser would be a nice complement to other accessories > like gDict and the calculator. > > Hakon Hi I've been using xrmap, and it does some of the things you request. Its OSS, but not Gnome'ish. I think it would be rather easy to make a Gnome app using the same data source though. Regards Henrik > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
