Smallest GIS library for embedded devices?

Question

I need to use very simple geometry operations (read SHP or other standard format and simple searches) within an embedded device running a simple linux based os.

What is the smallest and simplest API I could use?

It could be written in C/C++ or Python in order to allow the integration with my system.

Thanks,

Samuel

do you care about licensing? – Ragi Yaser Burhum May 18 '11 at 17:13 — Ragi Yaser Burhum, May 18 '11 at 17:13

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '11 at 15:09

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Check out Shapelib. It's a small C library for simple shapefile manipulation.

answered May 18 '11 at 15:09

Jaime Soto

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered May 18 '11 at 15:15

I can't make any claims about 'smallest' but a couple options are:

PySAL: Python Statistical Analysis Library. It can read shapefiles natively. You could include only the modules you need.
SpatiaLite: Store your data in a spatially-enabled SQLite database. SpatiaLite includes a feature called 'virtual shapefile' that allows you to directly access a shapefile and query it as if it were a database table without actually importing it.

Pablo · Answer 3 · 2011-05-18T14:40:29.703

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There is a simple python tool here: http://www.axismaps.com/code.php

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answered May 18 '11 at 14:32

Pablo

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered May 18 '11 at 15:19

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There has been some talk and proposal of such by the qgis community. see it here...
QGIS Wiki

answered May 18 '11 at 15:19

Brad Nesom

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simo · Answer 5 · 2011-05-18T15:49:54.163

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What about pyshp and shapely? It is simple, efficient and well documented.

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answered May 18 '11 at 15:44

simo

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+1 although you'll need the GEOS C++ library as well as Shapely on the device – geographika May 18 '11 at 16:25
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pyshp is a very minimalistic python file: shapefile.py – Mike T May 18 '11 at 20:01

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