[OSGeoLive] Fwd: Adding QField to OSGeo-Live

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Hello Matthias,

sounds like a good idea to me. It is a good way to promote QField.

+1 from my side.

Astrid

Am 11.03.2023 15:58 schrieb Matthias Kuhn:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to propose the addition of QField as a new OSGeoLive app.
> 
> Below you find the information requested by
> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply [1]
> 
> _What is its name?_
> QField
> 
> _What is the home page URL?_
> https://qfield.org [2]
> 
> _Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used?_
> GPLv2 or newer
> 
> _What does the application do and how does it add value to the
> GeoSpatial stack of software?_
> It's a mobile-friendly spatial data collection application based on
> QGIS featuring a minimalist yet powerful user interface.
> 
> Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which versions of the
> standards? Client or server? You may wish to add comments about how
> standards are used.
> QField supports many OGC standards in many versions as a client via
> QGIS providers and ogr/gdal. WMS, WFS, OGC API Features, GPKG,
> probably more.
> 
> _What language is it written in?_
> C++ and QML
> 
> Which version of the application should be included in the next
> OSGeo-Live release?
> The latest stable release of the 2 series
> 
> QField has been deployed in many organizations in various areas and is
> in use for years, for example:
> - Forestry
> - Geology
> - Urbanism
> - Railway
> - Underground Infrastructure (Fibre, Water, Electricity)
> - Public Services (Health, Police, ...)
> - Biology
> - GIS introduction courses
> 
> Currently, QField has more than 500'000 downloads on Android, and is
> also available on Linux, iOS, macOS and Windows.
> 
> It has been developed since 2014 and has since seen a stream of
> commits by various contributors. See https://www.openhub.net/p/QField
> [3] for details.
> It has furthermore triggered various improvements to QGIS as well
> (functionality, bug fixes and paving for the move from QGIS 2 to 3).
> There is a set of unit tests included in QField as well as a lively
> and reactive issue tracker (on github).
> 
> The QField app has been presented at most FOSS4G's since Bonn.
> 
> QField will be able to run with 512 MB of memory (although it performs
> better with more)
> The disk space for a full package with all dependencies is between
> 60MB and 100MB. On OSGeo-Live it will (very likely) reuse the already
> installed QGIS libraries, so it will be much less than this.
> Windows and Mac installers are available and can be included or linked
> if desired.
> 
> I and Mathieu Pellerin (aka nirvn) are happy to volunteer for the
> maintenance of this application in OSGeo-Live.
> 
> We will be happy to follow up with project overview and quickstart
> pages as well as installation scripts for the integration as soon as
> this application has been approved for integration.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your considerations
> On behalf of the QField dev team
> Matthias
> 
>  [4]
> 
> Best of Swiss Enterprise App-Award for QField [4] - Hold the power of
> QGIS in your hand - get it now [5]
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply
> [2] https://qfield.org
> [3] https://www.openhub.net/p/QField
> [4]
> https://www.opengis.ch/2022/11/03/best-of-swiss-enterprise-app-award-for-qfield/
> [5] https://qfield.org/get
> 
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