[OSGeoLive] Fwd: Adding QField to OSGeo-Live

Fri Mar 24 03:35:06 PDT 2023

Hi all,

Thanks Matthias for proposing QField, here is my +1.

Angelos, I downloaded the ISO, what's the issue, I don't get how to
reproduce it.

Best regards,

Nicolas Roelandt
OSGeo Charter member
OSGeo-fr board
OSGeoLive PSC

Le mar. 21 mars 2023 à 12:12, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Hi all,
>
> I have prepared an iso using our staging ppa, and that includes QGIS 3.28.4
>
> http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/nightly/osgeolive-nightly-build39-amd64-081e416-staging.iso
>
> The first time I open QGIS, there seems to be an issue with the widget
> possition, I will open a ticket and investigate.
>
> Best,
> Angelos
>
> On 3/19/23 12:59, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
> > Great,
> >
> > I am currently experimenting with bundling the latest (3.30) qgis
> libraries
> > directly into QField as well. There will be some post 3.28 functionality
> > that QField could benefit from.
> > Once the packages are ready we can check the implications (size etc).
> >
> > Best
> > Matthias
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 11:43 AM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Updating QGIS version to latest LTR is on my todo list.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Angelos
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3/18/23 19:17, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for the positive feedback.
> >>> Based on this, we are excited to start working on this.
> >>>
> >>> While bootstrapping the install script, we identified one additional
> >>> challenge to tackle.
> >>> At the moment, OSGeoLive ships with QGIS version 3.22.4.
> >>> QField depends on QGIS but recent stable versions require a newer
> version
> >>> of QGIS.
> >>>
> >>> For additional context, QGIS 3.22 is end of life and the current LTR is
> >>> 3.28 [1]. QGIS 3.22.4 is actually a very early release of the QGIS 3.22
> >>> series, meanwhile tons of bugs have been fixed.
> >>>
> >>> For QField we see 3 possible approaches:
> >>>
> >>>    a) compile a newer QGIS version as part of the QField app. Leave the
> >>> current QGIS installation in place (3.22). This will slightly increase
> >> the
> >>> image size by a couple of MB and also increase the build time.
> >>>
> >>>    b) update QGIS to 3.28, the current LTR (e.g. via qgis.org/ubuntu
> >> [2]) and
> >>> patch QField to be able to compile against 3.28
> >>>
> >>>    c) use a (very) old version of QField that is compatible with QGIS
> >>>
> >>> We would try to avoid option c) as this would mean shipping QField in a
> >>> very old and buggy version.
> >>>
> >>> Are there opinions about upgrading QGIS to a currently maintained and
> >>> updated 3.28 LTR version, which would mean installing it from a
> different
> >>> repository?
> >>>
> >>> Thank you
> >>> Matthias
> >>>
> >>> [1] https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.html
> >>> [2] https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#linux
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 8:09 PM Brian M Hamlin <maplabs at light42.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>> +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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> >>>>>> osgeolive at lists.osgeo.org
> >>>>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> >>>>> President
> >>>>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> >>>>> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
> >>>>>
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