[Qgis-user] QGIS and QT Designer

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Leo,

QGIS is far from being optimal for mobile solutions currently. I hope
this can be improved with future versions. There is an effort going on
for QGIS an Android. See http://android.qgis.org/ and
http://android.qgis.org/download/qgis-for-android.pdf

Personally - if you do a lot of data input (esp. with text) - I would
use a small laptop or notebook - not a tablet. The virtual keyboards are
way inferior to physical keyboards. The other thing is that QGIS desktop
UI is not yet optimized for touch usage. It may work - sort of - but is
certainly not a good user experience.

If you deal primarily with point data and want to use a phone/table -
you may want to have a look at Nextgis mobile - see the email thread
starting here:
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2013-July/023123.html - it
will collaborate with QGIS and is more user-friendly and light-weight.

Don't get me wrong - I hope that QGIS improves in mobile space - and
work has already started. And I would appreciate if more
people/organizations would put work or financial resources into
improving it. But if you look for a good and quick solution now - you
will probably be disappointed.

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To answer some of your other questions: You can also attach a form to
non-geometry table. You can then open the form by right-clicking a row
in the attribute table - again - this may be a bad experience on a
touch-device, where the rows in the table may be too small and you would
probably have to long-click as there is no right-click.

BTW: why do you have the impression that only Windows tablets would
work? You can also use Linux/Ubuntu based tablets or Android tablets.
The Android version still needs some further improvements/testing.

Panasonic does good outdoor tablets:
http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughpad/us/best-android-rugged-tablet-overview.asp

Hope this helps. I would love to see the mobile input improved in QGIS.

Andreas

Am 19.07.2013 03:32, schrieb Leo Kris Palao:
> Dear QGIS Users,
> 
> I am exploring the synergy of QGIS and QT on a tablet for field work and
> field validation activities. I learn this functionality from Nathan
> Woodrow. As I understand, I need QGIS-dev and QT-dev packages to facilitate
> the integration of QT forms in QGIS. This require the use of OSGeo4W
> installer to install the packages, hence this makes Windows-based tablets
> appropriate to use.
> 
> Right now, the only way to use the QT designer in QGIS is to have a vector
> point layer in which the fields are linked to the widgets in the QT form.
> In this case, for QT form to work (*pop-up in the map*) a user should
> digitize a point in the map canvass. Is there a way to use the GPS
> location/coordinates (*like mark waypoint in GPS*) instead of digitizing my
> points? For instance, I can use the current GPS location instead of
> manually digitizing my points. Or it can be the other way around, where I
> have an existing point layer and when you select on a specific point
> feature in the map canvass the QT forms will pop-up and populate or update
> the attribute information of that point. Does this makes sense?
> 
> By the way (if it is okay), can anybody recommend a good windows-based
> tablet (that can support QGIS and QT, longer battery life, and with minimal
> glare when used outdoors)?
> 
> Thank you.
> -Leo
> 
> 
> 
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