i-conic-vision-ab/wxwebmap

A C++ library enabling web maps in desktop applications (Windows, Linux, MacOS).

wxWebMap

A C++ library enabling web maps in desktop applications (Windows, Linux, MacOS). A wxWebMap is a wxWindow that can be added to your wxWidgets application to show maps, add map objects and edit map objects.

wxWidgets

The library is based on wxWidgets and the web map is displayed using a wxWebView window.

leafletjs

The map functionality is implemented using leafletjs. Leafletjs javascript snippets to e.g. add a marker to a map are executed by calling e.g. wxWebMap::AddMapObject.

Sample application

In examples/wxWebMapApplication there is a sample application with GUI. It is based on the wxWidgets wxWebView sample and opens a map in the web view. To demonstrate the C++ binding to the map, you can add markers, polygons or images using Menu->Map->Add marker|polygons|images....

Build instructions

Install required packages

1. Install vcpkg by following these instructions: https://vcpkg.io/en/getting-started.html
2. Set environment variable CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE to [path to vcpkg]/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
3. Install wxWidgets

   Windows: $ .\vcpkg.exe install wxwidgets:x64-windows
   Linux:   $ .\vcpkg.exe install wxwidgets:x64-linux
   

4. Clone the wxWebMap repository from https://github.com/I-CONIC-Vision-AB/wxWebMap

Build with Visual Studio

Open the wxWebMap folder in Visual Studio. CMake configuration should start automatically. Choose your preset (debug/release) and build.

Build with CMake command

$ cmake -S . --preset=[preset name]
$ cmake --build out/build/[preset name]

Available presets are:

• linux-x64-debug
• linux-x64-release
• windows-x64-debug
• windows-x64-release

Known issues

If you run into problems when compiling wxWidgets or even if compilation works but you get messages like "wx*.dll not found" when running sample applications. Replace the ./vcpkg/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake with the one in wxWebMap/cmake/portfile.cmake and rebuild wxWidgets (vcpkg install wxwidgets:x64-windows).

wxwebmap's Issues

error: cast from ‘wxMapMarker*’ to ‘int’ loses precision

raphy@raohy:~/wxWidgets/wxWebMap$ cmake --build builddir
-- Configuring done (0.1s)
-- Generating done (0.0s)
-- Build files have been written to: /home/raphy/wxWidgets/wxWebMap/builddir
[  7%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/IconicWebMap.dir/wxMapMarker.cpp.o
/home/raphy/wxWidgets/wxWebMap/src/wxMapMarker.cpp: In constructor ‘wxMapMarker::wxMapMarker(double, double, bool)’:
/home/raphy/wxWidgets/wxWebMap/src/wxMapMarker.cpp:13:18: error: cast from ‘wxMapMarker*’ to ‘int’ loses precision [-fpermissive]
   13 |     cLeafletId = (int)this;
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~
gmake[2]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/IconicWebMap.dir/build.make:104: src/CMakeFiles/IconicWebMap.dir/wxMapMarker.cpp.o] Error 1
gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:131: src/CMakeFiles/IconicWebMap.dir/all] Error 2
gmake: *** [Makefile:136: all] Error 2

OS: Ubuntu 23.10

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In CMakeLists.txt I added the -fpemissive flag:

set(GCC_WARNING_OPTIONS_FLAGS "-fpermissive")
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${GCC_WARNING_OPTIONS_FLAGS}")

and then compiled and built:

raphy@raohy:~/wxWidgets/wxWebMap$ cmake --build builddir/
[  7%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/IconicWebMap.dir/wxMapHtml.cpp.o
[ 15%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/IconicWebMap.dir/wxMapImage.cpp.o
[ 23%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/IconicWebMap.dir/wxMapMarker.cpp.o
/home/raphy/wxWidgets/wxWebMap/src/wxMapMarker.cpp: In constructor ‘wxMapMarker::wxMapMarker(double, double, bool)’:
/home/raphy/wxWidgets/wxWebMap/src/wxMapMarker.cpp:13:18: warning: cast from ‘wxMapMarker*’ to ‘int’ loses precision [-fpermissive]
   13 |     cLeafletId = (int)this;
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~
[ 30%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/IconicWebMap.dir/wxMapObject.cpp.o
[ 38%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/IconicWebMap.dir/wxMapPolygon.cpp.o
[ 46%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/IconicWebMap.dir/wxWebMap.cpp.o
[ 53%] Linking CXX shared library ../lib/libIconicWebMap.so
[ 53%] Built target IconicWebMap
[ 61%] Building CXX object examples/wxWebMapApp/CMakeFiles/wxWebMapApp.dir/wxWebMapApp.cpp.o
[ 69%] Building CXX object examples/wxWebMapApp/CMakeFiles/wxWebMapApp.dir/wxWebMapFrame.cpp.o
[ 76%] Building CXX object examples/wxWebMapApp/CMakeFiles/wxWebMapApp.dir/SourceViewDialog.cpp.o
[ 84%] Building CXX object examples/wxWebMapApp/CMakeFiles/wxWebMapApp.dir/PolygonReader.cpp.o
[ 92%] Building CXX object examples/wxWebMapApp/CMakeFiles/wxWebMapApp.dir/ImageReader.cpp.o
[100%] Linking CXX executable ../../bin/wxWebMapApp
[100%] Built target wxWebMapApp

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OS: Ubuntu 23.10

Change default view to imagery

• and default position to Stockholm, Sweden

Is it possible to build this project under mingw(msys2)

Hi, this is a great project.

For me, I'm using the msys2/mingw64 gcc under Windows, so is it possible to build this project under GCC? the wx library can be install by the pacman command.

Another issue is I see there is a git log message said: remove the boost dependency, but I see in the github homepage, it is still mention the boost library.