[OpenMap Users] Re: software development query

On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 01:18 PM, harpinder singh wrote:

>
> Is it possible to make an independent gis application(for windows
> platform) using openmap ?

Sure, but OpenMap does require a Java 1.2-compatible runtime.

> I am a software developer and have some coverages/shapefiles. I want
> to make gis
> applications which do not need the installation of the arc info (or
> any gis software)
> on the machine of the user .I want to make user friendly gui in which
> a simple user can query these coverages/shapefiles and collect
> information.
> Is it posssible to make applications which do not need the
> installation of the arc info on the machine of the user and user can
> query the database and the results of the query can be shown
> graphically and text both.

OpenMap does not use ArcInfo.

> Is it possible to make such an application using openmap components.

Yes.

> if it is possible can you guide me about how it can be done and tell
> me some good reference material.

All of our reference material is on the website, http://openmap.bbn.com

I would start by getting the OpenMap application running and adding
layers to display your shape files. If you are interested in
displaying the attribute information from the dbf file accompanying the
shp file, you'll want to use the com.bbn.openmap.plugin.esri.EsriPlugIn
class.

The openmap.properties file in the package has instructions on how to
add a plugin or layer to the application by modifying the
openmap.layers property.

Hope this helps,

Don

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