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Installing gvSIG Mobile

Right now I just installed gvSIG Mobile on a Mobile Mapper 100Considering that it was my first time and that the rest of the year I plan to take advantage of the experience, it is convenient to write as I did, lest I give others something of a can (of the glans).

 

1. What version

The process is similar for any gvSIG Mobile installation on a Windows Mobile 5 PDA or higher. However for reference, I am using:

Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional, with a CE OS 5.2.21895

This is verified in Start / Settings / Systen / About

In the case of gvSIG, I am installing a version 0.3.0 Build 0275 and why I want to bet seriously on Java, I am going to mount it on this virtual machine (JVM) although it is also possible on PhoneME.

2. Download the programs

To download gvSIG I've done it in this link:

http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-mobile/official/piloto-gvsig-mobile-0.3/descargas

With this we will get a file called gvSIG_Mobile_Pilot-0.3-WMX-forJ9.cab

 

Over time there may be a newer version, so be sure to link to this:

http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-mobile/official

 

I have chosen gvSIG_Mobile_Pilot-0.3-WMX-forJ9.cab, aware that this version does not include a prerequisite (the virtual machine), a pity because before they did. But they are consequences that we already expected after the policy changes that happened to Java after Oracle will buy SUN.

For this, you also have to download the virtual machine known as J9. Some links in the lists are broken, including http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~davy/phoneme/downloads.htm that appears in the gvSIG Mobile manual, so I will suggest this to download J9:

http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/5277ca5b-79e2-415e-bd2b-667e7d48522d/?action=forceDL

Download a compressed file called J9.zip, you have to be careful when decompressing it, you must choose “Extract here” and not “Extract to J9\”, because this will create another folder called J9 that can give us trouble later.

Finally we must hope that what we decompressed is in the form “J9\PROJ11\bin…”

 

3. Upload the programs to the Mobile Mapper

The version of Windows Mobile that comes with the Mobile Mapper 100 (and in general for any PDA) usually gives a couple of problems to install ActiveSync, almost always because the executable is built on Flash Player and sometimes, especially with Windows 7 it does not recognizes the existing update or does not allow to install unsupported applications. But that is resolved by downloading directly from Microsoft's page, in the download option for mobile devices.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/es-es/default.aspx

The important thing is that we can see from the PC the connected equipment, otherwise we would have to pass it through an SD card.

There are only two things to upload:

-The gvSIG_Mobile_Pilot-0.3-WMX-forJ9.cab file, which we place inside one of the folders, in this case I am doing it in the so-called “Application Data”. I recommend that you do it there, so you can follow this step-by-step instruction.

-The file called J9, which we place directly in the root. When I refer to the root, it means that the J9 folder should be on the same level as other folders such as Application Data, ConnMgr, Windows, etc.

This causes the Java virtual machine to be ready to run.

 

4. Install gvSIG

To install gvSIG, you have to go to the folder where we upload the file.

This is done with Start / Explorer, and then in this browser emulator we look for the “Application Data” folder, and there we should see the file. With one click, the program starts the installation process; If there is a previous version, it will notify us that it will be replaced. You must choose to install on the computer (My device) and not on the external card (Storage Card).

5. Run gvSIG

To run it, we select “Start” and the gvSIG Mobile icon should already be in the panel that shows the applications.

Click on the icon and as a result the splash should be lifted for a few seconds and then the program interface.

 

6. Common problems

Install gvsig mobileFirst, in case of not executing the program (the 5 step), or leaving a Windows Mobile error message, the important thing is to know what the called file is saying G_mobile_launch_log.txt, which is in the gvSIGMobile folder. In the best case, you should get a message like this:

GvSIG mobile launch log file:
Assumed gvSIG main folder: \ gvSIGMobile:
Checking if J9 is in root…
AND IT IS!
Truncating, aux.npos = -1
Truncating, first = 3
Truncating, Resp = \ J9
J9 path truncated: \ J9
Writing start.opt file with good paths ...
Composing launch parameters ...
J9 params = “-Xoptionsfile=\gvSIGMobile\start.opt” es.prodevelop.gvsig.mobile.app.Launcher p=\gvSIGMobile m=J9
J9 path: \ J9 \ PPRO11 \ bin \ j9w.exe
J9 params: “-Xoptionsfile=\gvSIGMobile\start.opt” es.prodevelop.gvsig.mobile.app.Launcher p=\gvSIGMobile m=J9
GvSIG mobile was launched successfully.

Based on the message, you can see where the problem is. This is an example, which is usually because we do not place the J9 folder, see that the system looks for the possibility of finding it outside the root directory, as well as if it is installed on the SD cards or if PhoneME was installed:

GvSIG mobile launch log file:
Assumed gvSIG main folder: \ gvSIGMobile:
Checking if J9 is in root…
NO!
Finding out sd card path ...
Searhing for '\ J9 \ PPRO11 \ bin \ j9w.exe' in roots ...
Found SD card path: \ Storage Disk
Found SD card path: \
File not found: '\ J9 \ PPRO11 \ bin \ j9w.exe' in any of the 2 SD cards.
Unable to find sd card, J9 not found!
Checking if PhoneME is in root…
NO!
Finding out sd card path ...
Searhing for '\ phoneme \ personal \ bin \ cvm.exe' in roots ...
Found SD card path: \ Storage Disk
Found SD card path: \
File not found: '\ phoneme \ personal \ bin \ cvm.exe' in any of the 2 SD cards.
Unable to find sd card, PhoneME not found!
Unable to start gvSIG Mobile. Possibly in the JVM found.

 

Do not forget, the GvSIG mailing listsWell, usually it has already happened to someone and the answer is there. If not, with a simple email to the list you will have a response from the community quite effectively.

If not ... I'm all ears ...

Golgi Alvarez

Writer, researcher, specialist in Land Management Models. He has participated in the conceptualization and implementation of models such as: National Property Administration System SINAP in Honduras, Management Model of Joint Municipalities in Honduras, Integrated Cadastre-Registry Management Model in Nicaragua, Territory Administration System SAT in Colombia . Editor of the Geofumadas knowledge blog since 2007 and creator of the AulaGEO Academy that includes more than 100 courses on GIS - CAD - BIM - Digital Twins topics.

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