[Qgis-user] "Official" QGIS Web Client?

Tue Sep 4 02:56:43 PDT 2018

Hi,

I agree with all of you - there are plenty of web clients out there that 
can collaborate well with QGIS server.

God knows why every small company is starting its "own" web client and 
doesn't collaborate with the already existing ones ... maybe it is 
because they are not so familiar with the frameworks used by the other 
web clients (or don't like the choice of frameworks). Maybe it is also, 
because it is relatively "easy" to create something from scratch with 
the tools one is already familiar with - but at the long run - I think 
it is a not so wise strategy that there are so many web clients out 
there. It is a fragmentation of resources. One can create something fast 
that covers 80% of requirements, but the remaining 20% are often the 
hardest. I am personally disappointed about this fragmentation - and 
ithis fragmentation does not help the user. It helps our commercial 
competitors.

For a web client to be "official" - in my opinion - it should be under 
the QGIS.ORG github repo. So far, only "QWC2" is under the official 
QGIS.ORG repo. QWC1 was also - it was the very first web client that 
existed for QGIS server - but it is now deprecated. This does not make 
it any better, but maybe more "official", as it is under the control of 
QGIS.ORG and not by a single company. In the case of QWC2, while 
Sourcepole is currently the main contributor, there are already many 
other contributors who collaborate. And who knows - in the future it 
might be a different company that contributes more.

But it is important to show the different options that are available and 
then the user who wants to find a web client, can choose by himself.

Just my two cents,

Andreas

Am 04.09.2018 um 10:43 schrieb Kari Salovaara:
> Hi Leonardo,
>
> interesting and promising project.
> If I understand collectly You have the possibility to localize the 
> user interfaces, how are You planning to do it by crowdsourcing?
>
> Cheers, Kari
>
> Leonardo Lami kirjoitti 4.9.2018 klo 10:22:
>>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> you can also evaluate G3W-SUITE, a framework developed in DJango to 
>> publish and manage your QGIS projects.
>>
>> You can find info here:https://g3wsuite.gis3w.it/en/ 
>> <https://g3wsuite.gis3w.it/en/>
>>
>> Manual and demo here: https://g3wsuite.gis3w.it/en/g3wsuite-demo/
>>
>> And here the GitHub repository: https://github.com/g3w-suite
>>
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> Leonardo
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Il 03/09/2018 22:12, Christopher Gray ha scritto:
>>>
>>> Andreas,
>>>
>>> Thank you for the description, I have taken some more time to look 
>>> into both QWC2 and Lizmap. QWC2 seems very nice [although I would 
>>> like if the menu remained showing on the larger screens.] I have a 
>>> tendency to want to use QWC2 since it is intended to integrate with 
>>> QGIS projects and appears to be in development alongside QGIS, but 
>>> Lizmap is very nice as well.
>>>
>>> Do you happen to know if QWC2 has any authentication features yet?
>>>
>>> Thank you, Chris
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 4:36 AM Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net 
>>> <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hi Chris,
>>>
>>>     From these three clients you mention, I would currently only
>>>     consider QWC2. It is now in a good state and deployed in several
>>>     provinces and cities as production version. Already now, QWC2
>>>     has exceeded the functionality of QWC1 and it is based on
>>>     modern, up-to-date libraries and responsive. Also, QWC2 is
>>>     actively in development.
>>>
>>>     The demo application is not because QWC2 is not in production
>>>     state, but it should help you to get a start project.
>>>
>>>     QWC1, and I assume EQWC is based on old versions of OpenLayers
>>>     and not fully responsive.
>>>
>>>     As Paolo mentioned, there is also Lizmap.
>>>
>>>     In your case, I would evaluate QWC2 and Lizmap.
>>>
>>>     Greetings,
>>>
>>>     Andreas
>>>
>>>
>>>     On 2018-09-03 04:33, Christopher Gray wrote:
>>>
>>>>     I've found 3 QGIS related web clients:
>>>>     QGIS Web Client (QWC1)
>>>>     QGIS Web Client 2 (QWC2)
>>>>     Enhanced QGIS Web Client (EQWC)
>>>>
>>>>     The QGIS website still references QWC1, while the QWC1 page
>>>>     says it is no longer maintained and suggests QWC2. The QWC2
>>>>     page lists itself as a "demo application" which seems to
>>>>     suggest it is in-progress, but perhaps I am misinterpreting
>>>>     this. The EQWC page looks like a functioning option but
>>>>     suggests it is based on QWC1 which I understand was considered
>>>>     outdated...
>>>>     EQWC seems to perform nicely (based on their demo maps), and
>>>>     has user and guest authentication which seems very important
>>>>     for map access.
>>>>     Anyhow, which of these is considered the current "QGIS Web
>>>>     Client" / most appropriate to use at this time?
>>>>     [In my specific situation, this will be my first web-client
>>>>     setup. I'm preparing to setup a publicly available map for my
>>>>     town and a private map for my family farm in the town (That
>>>>     will require authentication to access).]
>>>>     Thank you, Chris
>>>>
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