{"id":15209,"date":"2025-03-25T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opengis.ch\/?p=15209"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:17:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:17:47","slug":"unpacking-key-insights-from-our-qfield-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opengis.ch\/fr\/2025\/03\/25\/unpacking-key-insights-from-our-qfield-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpacking key insights from our QField Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>This year, <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">OPENGIS.ch<\/mark><\/strong> celebrated its 10th anniversary in Bern, with an afternoon full of workshops attended by clients, long-term friends, and colleagues. Here, we will give a glimpse of QField: <strong>its vision, where it&rsquo;s headed<\/strong>, and the <strong>exciting features future users can look forward to<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXd1iGnLpJx5WxPML7HyLNR0DG1qVt2kLqVLYaoJtdE1Qf_hHmwDX9sQA9s5tpPz6qR6vDRu3GZAL6qiMA5KxviKArkc4DfxeWAO-lEd8byTMSAT9QS4_He3FP9qzCSBUB2_wfaQ?key=JhsJzPrgTzxdKrRxZboFWtcn\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:439px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>QField was created on June 8th, 2011, with its first commit titled \u201c<em>added first script<\/em>\u201d. Since then, it has grown into a powerful tool with a clear vision for the future: <strong>to empower people to map and understand the world, tackle daily challenges, and address global issues.<\/strong> Over the next ten years, QField aims to make this vision a reality for everyone, everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXeI8nzlcXyBMSSx0nRLi3wZF-3ecV-VfNBeL036oq5KuTUlxOvkvNuA1FY2OgwG0FfzINh0uEdwZTuDxP1PaPFjLdllKy6nkHBH6lGslpd_QdTvtNSyJPdrtCYV83Gypf7CKyAD?key=JhsJzPrgTzxdKrRxZboFWtcn\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Layers of cake, designed by QField ecosystem\u2019s leading team members, were explained with 2034 in mind: intuitive and accessible to anyone wanting to map our world, while pioneering an innovative and collaborative app for the geospatial community. And last but not least: building strong and engaged communities to drive further adoption of the QField ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This vision is taking shape through the forging of strategic partnerships with geospatial stakeholders: hardware manufacturers, ambassadors, trainers and technological partners. For the team, it is clear that good collaboration is <strong>key to building a healthy and sustainable ecosystem<\/strong>. Community as well as financial sustainability can become a strong reality with user groups, sponsors and crowdfundings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then it became reality: In the summer of 2024, heavy rains caused severe flooding in Switzerland and, suddenly, QField became a vital tool for supporting emergency response through data surveys and photo documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/qfield-rapidmapper.webp?resize=750%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15326\" style=\"width:465px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/qfield-rapidmapper.webp?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/qfield-rapidmapper.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/qfield-rapidmapper.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/qfield-rapidmapper.webp?resize=360%2C240&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/qfield-rapidmapper.webp?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With this emotional story, the technical lead, Mathieu took over and shared other QField <strong>success stories <\/strong>and<strong> several mapping use cases<\/strong> with partners in Finland and Tonga. But seamless fieldwork wouldn\u2019t be possible without QFieldCloud, so Ivan provided an <strong>insight into the last years\u2019 QFieldCloud enhancements<\/strong>, before diving into the busy server-side roadmap for 2025, which includes <strong>many new features<\/strong> related to the authentication, security, internationalization and performance. Finally, Zsanett shared QField product <strong>news and updates<\/strong>, including new storage capacities like WebDAV and new packaging capabilities. Last but not least, the new Fangorn version introduces <strong>new features developed by the evolving QField Community<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building communities by sharing thoughts and ideas for the ecosystem is now possible through the <em><strong>ideas.qfield.cloud<\/strong><\/em> platform, open to everybody to suggest new ideas for QField.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final topping of the (layer) cake: <strong>the new QField plugin framework <\/strong>was presented to the workshop attendees by Mathieu, who explained how the field workflow can be enhanced and optimized through the development of plugins \u2013 <strong>unique extensions that further personalize QField<\/strong>. For example, with\u00a0the Routing Plugin, users can compute optimal ways between locations directly in QField using an external API. To make team efforts in the field even <strong>more efficient<\/strong>, the <em>Live Location Plugin<\/em> allows each team member to see the location of other members on the QField map, preventing debilification in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, the workshop ended with a Q&amp;A session, where several topics were addressed such as virtual reality, AI, machine learning, etc. This was followed by a happy and cheerful welcome drink with <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\"><strong>OPENGIS.ch<\/strong> <\/mark>partners. \ud83c\udf7b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, OPENGIS.ch celebrated its 10th anniversary in Bern, with an afternoon full of workshops attended by clients, long-term friends, and colleagues. Here, we will give a glimpse of QField: its vision, where it&rsquo;s headed, and the exciting features future users can look forward to. QField was created on June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[242,38],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-15209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter-2025-march","category-qfield","tag-qgis-org"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14209,"url":"https:\/\/www.opengis.ch\/2023\/03\/06\/qfield-workshop\/","url_meta":{"origin":15209,"position":0},"title":"QField Workshop","author":"Marco Bernasocchi","date":"6 mars 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"How to become a superuser in QField You'll not only be able to handle the app perfectly but also know how to set up a project to explore all the possibilities that QField offers. 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