Re: data viewer wanted

Without knowing the use cases, it seems to me that a web application 
could be worth thinking about. They surely are easy to install from the 
user's point of view and it is easy to control what the user can do. If 
a desktop application is a must, then I suggest you start from QGIS,  
MapWindow, uDig or something of that sort with a nice look and 
professional approach to installation and select one. The requirements 
that you have for the features could be satisfied with a plug-in with a 
few dialog boxes. The plug-ins require some programming and every 
platform has its own set of techniques for developing them.

Ari

Cayla Buell kirjoitti:
> All-
>
> Sorry about my previous unfinished post.  I accidentally hit send...
>
> Anyway, I am looking for a data viewer, and have yet to find one with 
> the features I need.  There are four main features I'd like, in 
> addition to what is "standard" (use shapefiles as a data source, 
> zooming, getting information about features, etc). 
>
> 1)  Joining/relating tables and hyperlinking.  I'd like to be able to 
> open hyperlinked files for a given feature, but I don't want to store 
> this information in the shapefile dbf.  I want to be able to join the 
> tables with a one-to-many relationship (ie a single feature has many 
> links) and open files/URLS from a field in the joined table.
>
> 2) Selecting and exporting features.  I want to be able to select 
> certain features and export the selected table data to a new file.  
> This could be a .dbf, .csv or .xls. 
>
> 3)  Editing.  I DO NOT want the user to be able to edit the data in 
> any way.  I don't want them to be able to change anything in the 
> shapefile features or table.  I don't want the user to be able to add 
> or delete anything. 
>
> 4)  It needs to be simple and easy to install.
>
> Those are the three key things I am looking for.  Although I do a 
> little programming, I am not great at it and therefor would like 
> something that involves a minimal amount of programming, if any at 
> all.    I am looking for something that is free, but I am open to 
> other suggestions.
>
> So, if anybody knows of anything available, I'd love to hear it!  
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Cayla Buell
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Prof. Ari Jolma
Kartografia ja Geoinformatiikka / Cartography and Geoinformatics
Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology
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