On 4/7/11, Jaroslaw Staniek <stan...@kde.org> wrote: > On 6 April 2011 23:10, Radosław Wicik <rados...@wicik.pl> wrote: > >> Coming next maps in reports, then connect it to DB for setting and >> displaying data with/on maps. >> >> If that will be ready then I'll try flake shapes. >> >> After that I'll go deeper, define new data types: >> - points >> - lines >> - polygons >> thanks to it it will be possible to add some "zones" on maps, >> What do you think about this plan? >> >> What do you think about me blogging my "way of the Calligra developer"? >> This would be technical, high level view about the source, and thinks >> that I found hard to understand or interesting, maybe this would be >> helpful for somebody? > > Hi Radek, > No doubt it will be helpful! Just make sure your blog is syndicated at > http://planetkde.org/ before you blog. > Regarding the data types, it's hard to add it in current kexi, since > kexidb is feature-frozen. Predicate is not but it's in heavy > development (refactoring) and I wouldn't like to destabilize it. > > I am not 100% sure about the use case. If you mean adding lines, > points and polygons to the map (by the user), I would recommend using > some predefined XML (first define it on a wiki page). > In any kexi database there's kexi__objectdata table where you can save > extra data string related to any object (here: form and report). Query > objects use that to store SQL statements and forms use it to store > QtDesigner-like XML for UIs.
Spatialite, Sqlite GIS extension can do this. http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite/spatialite-tutorial-2.3.1.html Noli _______________________________________________ calligra-devel mailing list calligra-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel
