24th Contributors QGIS Meeting in Firenze 2022
What a blast it was!
The first QField user day in Bern with around 40 participants from Switzerland and neighbouring countries was packed with use case presentations and interesting discussions.
A New Trick up QField’s Sleeve: Animated Maps
Starting with QField 2.2, users can fully rely on animation capabilities that have made their way into QGIS during its last development cycle. This can be a powerful mean to highlight key elements on a map that require special user attention. The example below demonstrates a scenario where animated raster Read more…
QField 2.0 Arctic Fox is here
Let’s not paraphrase it, QField 2.0 is here and it is taking professional GIS fieldwork to a completely new level.
QField Users Sit Down, We Need to Talk About Storage Access on Android
Since November 2021, Google has enforced new storage access limitations for apps published on its Play store which prohibits direct storage access on Android 11 and above forcing QField to adapt and rely on importing projects and datasets to access those.
QField collected data crucial in disaster relief after Tonga’s volcanic eruption
For once, it’s not an app from the Silicon Valley, but from Laax in the Swiss Alps that made the news. By publishing QField as an open-source app, OPENGIS.ch allows companies, organisations and even countries without the necessary financial means to have the opportunity to benefit from this important data collection app. And it is being used: Over half a million downloads have already been achieved. Now, since the volcanic eruption in Tonga on 15 January 2022, the app of the small Laax-based company is playing a not-unimportant role in disaster response planning.
QField 1.10 Uluru: Faster, Better, Stronger
While OPENGIS.ch’s GeoNinjas are busy getting QFieldCloud ready for primetime, it has not kept them away from concocting a brand new feature-packed QField 1.10 « Uluru ». Most users will find something to fall in love with in this release. From an improved feature form to new digitizing functionalities and quality of Read more…
QFieldCloud now opensource – Happy 10 Years of field mapping with QGIS
Today, on QField’s 10th anniversary, we’re extremely proud to publish the results of over 18 months of development and give you the source code of QFieldCloud to go and make your awesome adaptations, solutions, and hopefully contributions 🙂 If you want to quickly try it out, head to https://qfield.cloud where our Read more…
QField 1.9 Taivaskero is out to further empower users
From unlocking selective atlas layout export to opening individual datasets and creating GeoPDFs, QField 1.9 is all about giving even more power to its users. The release also comes with significant user experience improvement such as faster rendering and restoring the last viewed map extent.
Powerful and gentle QField 1.8 Selma sneaked in
Collect accurate data with freehand digitizing and improved form widgets, use the data from your external GNSS receivers without any third-party apps and enjoy the pleasant usability of QField 1.8 Selma.
QField 1.7 Rockies hits the stage
QField 1.7 Rockies hits the stage! Be ready for the cold weather with a smooth coordinate search, value relation filters, all new data-driven QML & HTML widgets, enhanced geometry editing functionalities and an expandable legend.