Authors:
Cristian Martín-Reinhold
;
Joaquín Huerta
and
Carlos Granell
Affiliation:
Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Keyword(s):
Mobile GIS Applications, Open Source, gvSIG, Android, Web Services, OGC.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Metadata and Metamodeling
;
Multimedia and User Interfaces
;
Web Geographical Information Systems
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
;
Web Interfaces and Applications
Abstract:
Mobile GIS applications are gaining attention due to a wide range of potential target applications such as e-commerce, tourism, education, agriculture, and field research. This requires easy-to-use geospatial applications operating on mobile devices to enable both visualization and editing of widely-used geospatial data and formats. This paper introduces gvSIGDroid, an open source geospatial mobile application that attempts to reach the new potential users emerged from the Android platform. The prototype’s core functionalities rely on gvSIGMobile modules together with an especially designed user interface for the Android platform, allowing mobile users to retrieve, visualize, navigate and modify both local and remote geospatial layers. Future extensions can be deployed so as to provide missing functionalities such as Location Based Services and data sharing.