[Qgis-user] Featured plugins

[C Hamilton]

I think the Featured Plugin list should be a combination of some of the
most beneficial plugins and a few potentially important new plugins. I'm
not sure how to judge that latter part. Each GIS organization usually have
different focuses so different plugins will be applicable to different
organizations. I think for some of the new plugins you can highlight them
for a few months and then depending on how they do, remove them from the
list and highlight new ones. Even though I have two plugins on the list,
which I appreciate, I don't think you need to feel obligated to keep any
plugin on the list just because you currently have it there or you feel
obligated to their authors. (Unless the author is funding QGIS with
$$$$$$$$$$$ ☺).

My most used plugins are:
QuickMapServices
Lat Lon Tools
Shape Tools
Plugin Reloader
Memory Layer Saver

Occasionally I use
Profile tool
Value tool
KML Tools
Search Layers

I would second Quick OSM because people I work with use it frequently.

I don't consider "Profile Tool" to be perfect, but I find it useful to
generate cross sections on DEMS. There are 4 plugins that create profiles,
but I would say that "Profile Tool" is the easiest to use. The plugin
"Temporal/Spectral Profile Tool" probably should not have been accepted as
a QGIS plugin because it is a modified version of the Profile Tool. I can't
get it to work. That author should have worked with the Profile Tool author
to make a better plugin. VoGIS Profile Tool is also very similar. qProf
seems to be a little more advanced. Ultimately, it would be nice to merge
all 4 into one tool.

For simplicity I recommend "Profile Tool." For more advanced analysis qProf.

I don't know if "Value Tool" should be featured or not. It's sole function
is to examine pixel values as the mouse hovers over them and sometimes I
need that. Only small portion of users would need this capability. I'm sure
it was written because the Identify Results does not have the mouse motion
view that it does. A little enhancement of Identify Results would make it
obsolete.

I personally really dislike the OpenLayers plugin as I tend to have trouble
with it. Because of the issues people have had with it, I am guessing that
its star ratings and downloads have been manipulated. Because I have not
tried it for a while I just installed it and guess what, I got python
errors so it is now uninstalled.

The mmqgis plugin has a number of tools; however, the author did not update
it to make use of the QGIS 3 architecture. Its output defaults to a
Shapefile and most of the tools could really be Processing routines.

Calvin

On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 7:31 AM Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
wrote:

> Hi Anita,
> thanks for reminding.
>
> On 25/08/19 13:07, Anita Graser wrote:
>
> > Among these top listed plugins, the following ones are not currently
> > featured
> >
> >   * OpenLayers_Plugin (has been marked as experimental due to known
> issues)
> >   * Group_Stats
> >   * Digitizing_Tools
> >   * mmqgis (has no version for QGIS 3 yet)
>
> it does
>
> >   * Profile_tool
> >   * Another_DXF_Importer_DXF2Shape
> >   * Spreadsheet_Layers
> >   * Value_Tool
> >   * go2streetview
> >   * ImportPhotos
> >   * TUFLOW
>
> I'm still unsure about including these, I'd like to have more feedback
> before proceeding.
> Cheers.
>
> --
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