[Qgis-user] QGIS and QT Designer

[Nathan Woodrow]

Hey Andreas,

With a bit of work you can make QGIS work pretty well on a touch device.  I
have it running nice on a Windows Surface with a reduced interface and some
Python code.  This is why I built QMap.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzd1sziwrmacxbc/qmap.png

- Nathan


On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>wrote:

> 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.
>
> ------
>
> 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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