{"id":15365,"date":"2025-04-02T07:53:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T05:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opengis.ch\/?p=15365"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:17:33","slug":"fossgis-2025-what-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opengis.ch\/de\/2025\/04\/02\/fossgis-2025-what-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"FOSSGIS 2025 \u2013 What a Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As long time sponsors of FOSSGIS, we stepped up the game this year and became Platinum Sponsors for FOSSGIS 2025<\/strong>. We are proud to be part of a thriving open-source GIS community and to contribute to such a great conference. Here’s a recap of everything we were involved in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\ude80 Talks & Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0d QField: New Strategy and Application Potential<\/strong>
Berit<\/em> and Marco<\/em> presented how QField, with over 1 million downloads and 350,000 active users, is now recognized as Digital Public Good aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Marco also shared the vision and mission behind QField\u2019s development \u2014 highlighting our commitment to empowering field teams<\/strong> across the globe with open, user-friendly tools for data collection<\/strong>.
Real-world stories illustrated how QField helps bridge data gaps to support informed, sustainable decision-making.
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\u2699\ufe0f QField in Practice: Fieldwork Made Easy<\/strong>
Berit and Michael led an interactive workshop demonstrating how to develop a QField project from scratch. The goal was for each participant to create and sync their own field study project using QFieldCloud, focused on collecting data on flowering plants in the picturesque „Schlussgarten.“
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\ud83c\udf10 When Web Meets Desktop<\/strong>
Matthias<\/em> <\/em><\/span>demonstrated how Django can be used to build consumable geodata layers via OGC API – Features endpoints. His talk covered how to use Python and Django ORM to elegantly define data models and business logic, offering an alternative to complex database logic.
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\u2601\ufe0f Extending QFieldCloud \u2013 Ideas and Practical Examples<\/strong>
Michael<\/em> showed how QFieldCloud can be extended with Django apps, sharing practical implementations such as automated project generation and integration of remote sensing workflows.
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