<div dir="ltr">+1 <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 3:17 AM Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com">gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">MOTION: Include QField in the next OSGeoLive version.<br>
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My +1,<br>
Angelos<br>
<br>
On 3/11/23 16:58, Matthias Kuhn wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I would like to propose the addition of QField as a new OSGeoLive app.<br>
><br>
> Below you find the information requested by<br>
> <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply</a><br>
><br>
> *What is its name?*<br>
> QField<br>
><br>
> *What is the home page URL?*<br>
> <a href="https://qfield.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://qfield.org</a><br>
><br>
> *Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used?*<br>
> GPLv2 or newer<br>
><br>
> *What does the application do and how does it add value to the GeoSpatial<br>
> stack of software?*<br>
> It's a mobile-friendly spatial data collection application based on QGIS<br>
> featuring a minimalist yet powerful user interface.<br>
><br>
><br>
> *Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which versions of the<br>
> standards? Client or server? You may wish to add comments about how<br>
> standards are used.*QField supports many OGC standards in many versions as<br>
> a client via QGIS providers and ogr/gdal. WMS, WFS, OGC API Features, GPKG,<br>
> probably more.<br>
><br>
> *What language is it written in?*<br>
> C++ and QML<br>
><br>
><br>
> *Which version of the application should be included in the next OSGeo-Live<br>
> release?*The latest stable release of the 2 series<br>
><br>
> QField has been deployed in many organizations in various areas and is in<br>
> use for years, for example:<br>
> - Forestry<br>
> - Geology<br>
> - Urbanism<br>
> - Railway<br>
> - Underground Infrastructure (Fibre, Water, Electricity)<br>
> - Public Services (Health, Police, ...)<br>
> - Biology<br>
> - GIS introduction courses<br>
><br>
> Currently, QField has more than 500'000 downloads on Android, and is also<br>
> available on Linux, iOS, macOS and Windows.<br>
><br>
> It has been developed since 2014 and has since seen a stream of commits by<br>
> various contributors. See <a href="https://www.openhub.net/p/QField" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openhub.net/p/QField</a> for details.<br>
> It has furthermore triggered various improvements to QGIS as well<br>
> (functionality, bug fixes and paving for the move from QGIS 2 to 3). There<br>
> is a set of unit tests included in QField as well as a lively and reactive<br>
> issue tracker (on github).<br>
><br>
> The QField app has been presented at most FOSS4G's since Bonn.<br>
><br>
> QField will be able to run with 512 MB of memory (although it performs<br>
> better with more)<br>
> The disk space for a full package with all dependencies is between 60MB and<br>
> 100MB. On OSGeo-Live it will (very likely) reuse the already installed QGIS<br>
> libraries, so it will be much less than this.<br>
> Windows and Mac installers are available and can be included or linked if<br>
> desired.<br>
><br>
> I and Mathieu Pellerin (aka nirvn) are happy to volunteer for the<br>
> maintenance of this application in OSGeo-Live.<br>
><br>
> We will be happy to follow up with project overview and quickstart pages as<br>
> well as installation scripts for the integration as soon as this<br>
> application has been approved for integration.<br>
><br>
> Thank you in advance for your considerations<br>
> On behalf of the QField dev team<br>
> Matthias<br>
><br>
><br>
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-- <br>
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>
President<br>
Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
<a href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a><br>
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