From: Doug B. <dou...@gm...> - 2012-02-24 10:43:18
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Mike Hingley <com...@ho...> wrote: > We could use a layars type app, providing family history overview....like if > I were stood outside the address 4 orchards, cradley heath, the app could > tell me that Albert Hingley lived here between 19xx until his death in 1935 Cool idea! I'm thinking of a general query interface in Gramps: given a GPS location, list all of the items that have a nearby GPS location, from closest to furthest. Selected Items might currently include addresses and pictures and their associated objects. The Geography view currently does something similar. -Doug > > Sent from my HTC > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Benny Malengier" <ben...@gm...> > Date: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 08:29 > Subject: [Gramps-users] GEDCOM viewer for Android > To: "Doug Blank" <dou...@gm...> > Cc: "Mike Hingley" <com...@ho...>, > <gra...@li...> > > > 2012/2/24 Doug Blank <dou...@gm...>: >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Mike Hingley <com...@ho...> >> wrote: >>> Would be useful to be able to record photos from the camera against >>> gramps >>> individuals...for example I could take a photo of my grandmothers grave >>> stone and associate the photo with her. >> >> That might be a killer app! I can image an app that gets a list of >> people/places from a GEDCOM or database, and allows you take pictures >> and make notes associated with them. At some point, you can either >> upload to a server (like gramps-connect), or download to your pc, all >> of the images and notes. >> >> That would be pretty easy to make work with Gramps, especially with a >> variation of the spreadsheet importer/exporter. > > Another killer feature for gramps-connect on android: > > * take a picture, with gps location data look up places in > neighbourhood, and associate with it in gramps > * request based on your gps location, what events happened in your > family tree in the neighbourhood > > Making a mobile app should not be that difficult with our codebase, > problem I see is that this space is moving so fast it is much a moving > target. We can assume however that android is now a stayer. > > I also have my eye out for the spark of kde (http://makeplaylive.com/ > ), not the best tablet (but then, only 200 Eur), but it would have a > real linux/X/KDE backend, so we can reuse all our code, and just make > a quick other interface to run on a spark. > > Benny > >> >> -Doug >> >>> Sent from my HTC >>> >>> >>> ----- Reply message ----- >>> From: "Doug Blank" <dou...@gm...> >>> Date: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 20:02 >>> Subject: [Gramps-users] GEDCOM viewer for Android >>> To: "Dianne Reuby" <pra...@ya...> >>> Cc: "gramps-users" <gra...@li...> >>> >>> >>> I just recently got an Android phone with the hopes of trying to >>> develop an app associated with http://gramps-connect.org/ >>> >>> My idea would be that it would read/write data to an installed >>> gramps-connect installation. That way, it could start out small, and >>> only deal with part of the data, and wouldn't have to do everything on >>> the phone. >>> >>> Would that work for many of you mobile users? Or would you really want >>> the entire database local on the phone? If so, why? >>> >>> -Doug >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Dianne Reuby <pra...@ya...> >>> wrote: >>>> On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 10:24 -0600, Mike White wrote: >>>>> $10 seems a bit steep for an Android app, and it's only a viewer. Is >>>>> it really worth $10 just to view your gedcom on your phone? >>>> >>>> I did find the notes feature useful, and being able to email them to my >>>> gmail account (which I only use for genealogy) meant I could keep track >>>> of them easily. >>>> >>>> There just don't seem to be any free apps that will display a gedcom >>>> easily - they all seem to have problems of some sort. >>>> >>>> Dianne >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning >>>> Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing >>>> also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. >>>> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Gramps-users mailing list >>>> Gra...@li... >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning >>> Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing >>> also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. >>> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gramps-users mailing list >>> Gra...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning >>> Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing >>> also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. >>> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gramps-users mailing list >>> Gra...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning >> Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing >> also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. >> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Gramps-users mailing list >> Gra...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > |