[OSGeoLive] Fwd: Adding QField to OSGeo-Live

[Vicky Vergara]

+1

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 3:17 AM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
wrote:

> MOTION: Include QField in the next OSGeoLive version.
>
> My +1,
> Angelos
>
> On 3/11/23 16:58, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > *What is its name?*
> > QField
> >
> > *What is the home page URL?*
> > https://qfield.org
> >
> > *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 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
> >
> >
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>
>
> --
> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> President
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
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