[OSGeoLive] Fwd: Adding QField to OSGeo-Live

[Brian M Hamlin]

+1

On 3/17/23 11:53, Vicky Vergara wrote:
> +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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