Specification

There are two basic areas covered by following technical specification:

• MOSS4G Framework - foundation libraries available for Windows CE applications development
• MOSSMAP - main end-user application based on the MOSS4G Framework dedicated for Windows Mobile 5.0+ for Pocket PC and Smartphone

General Features

• MOSS4G is based on ​Open Source Software / Free Software
• Target platform
  • ​Windows CE 5.0 and higher (Windows Mobile 5.0+ for Pocket PC and Smartphone)
  • in future, it should be possible to support other mobile platforms like Linux or Symbian, on volunteer basis
• Standard PDA Hardware as of 2007
• Internet connection: GPRS IP connection (not always online) or 3G IP connection (ie. CDMA2000 Verizon 3G, mostly online)
• I18N support
• OGC protocols support: WMS, WFS, WPS
• Vector and raster formats support using ​GDAL library
• GPS support for navigation and vector editing

MOSSMAP Application Features

Map Management

• Load map from project file
• Save map to project file
• Import/Export map from MapServer file
• Publish map to remote Web server
• Upload complete map to remove server

Map Navigation

• Zoom-in
• Zoom-out
• Zoom to extent of all layers
• Zoom to extent of selected layer
• Pan
• Show current GPS position
  • graphical cursor in map window
  • latitude/longtitude/altitude in textual form
• Query vector feature (display attributes)
• Measurement tools: distance, area

Layer Management

• Add/Remove layer
• Toggle layer visibility in current view
• Reorder layers
• Layer style customization
• Features classification based on value of selected attribute using:
  • Single symbol
  • Graduated symbol
  • Continuous symbol
  • Unique symbol

Features Editing