[Development] Qt Location module

Blasche Alexander Alexander.Blasche at digia.com
Wed Sep 24 09:29:24 CEST 2014



> -----Original Message-----
> From: development-bounces+alexander.blasche=digia.com at qt-project.org
> On Behalf Of Kate Alhola

> The map component for QtQuick2 is part or qtlocation sources but to
> be enabled it requires to fetch qt3d from git, compile and install and then
> compiling qtlocation again and you get maps. For desktop the maps compiles and
> installs without problems but for Android and IOS small tweaking is required.

The Qt3D dependency was removed in the 5.4 branch.


> On Behalf Of Chris Adams
> My understanding is that the QtLocation module from QtMobility got split into
> separate modules: QtPositioning and QtLocation (although they're located within
> the same source repo in qt5 still, if memory serves).

Same repo, two modules, QtPositioning has been released and is supported, QtLocation hasn't been released.

> Aaron McCarthy has been actively maintaining the QtPositioning module, but
> QtLocation still needs some work until it can be released, from what I understand.
> Obviously, the more people who are able to contribute to the effort, the quicker
> that can happen :-)  Aaron is on holiday at the moment, but no doubt he'll
> respond to this thread shortly.

Indeed. The main problem is time/manpower.


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Alex


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