[Qgis-user] Featured plugins: nominations

[C Hamilton]

I agree with Harrissou that if the plugins are not available in QGIS 3 then
they shouldn't be on the Featured list. The plugins I use the most are:

Lat Lon Tools <http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/latlontools/> I might be a
little biased here but it has the best coordinate snapshot and zoom to
capabilities, a number of conversion utilities, and digitizing points using
text strings in a number of formats.
Shape Tools <http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/shapetools/> is also equally
used for its geodesic shape creation, geodesic digitizing functions,
geodesic measurements, as well as a number of other tools.
Plugin Reloader <http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugin_reloader/> I will
second this one as it is essential for plugin development although its user
base is developers which is a subset of QGIS users.
Profile Tool <http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/profiletool/> I use this one
fairly often although I wish its graphics display looked better.
QuickMapServices <http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/quick_map_services/> This
is very useful for quickly adding a base layer.
Memory Layer Saver <http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/MemoryLayerSaver/> It
is nice to know that those temporary layers will still be there after a
QGIS project is saved and reloaded.
Freehand raster georeferencer
<http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/FreehandRasterGeoreferencer/> This one has
been quite useful to me this past year as I was trying to georeference some
old maps. This has a smaller user base as it is a more focused tool so I
don't know where you draw the line on what should be featured or not.

In my opinion the featured plugins should be a combination of really useful
plugins and newer plugins that people don't really know about, but have a
lot of potential. Personally I would avoid plugins that are interfaces to
commercial services - not because they are not important, but simply
because I would prefer highlighting open source services and plugins. I
would probably avoid plugins that are specific to a certain country.

Is there a good plugin to interface with "R"? I personally haven't used R,
but know a lot of people that do? If there is a good plugin that works well
it might be a candidate.

Those are my thoughts. If I get some time to look at some of the newer
plugins then I might add to this.

Best wishes,

Calvin

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 7:54 AM DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paolo,
>
> Thanks for raising this.
> I remember a previous discussion about what a "featured plugin" is and
> ended up that it's somehow subjective.
> So here are my subjective (but not complete as some are already mentioned)
> list of plugins that really help me in my daily work:
> - RefFunctions <https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/refFunctions/>: It has
> some spatial functions that really help to link features from different
> layers, in a different and imho simpler logic than default relations
> functions.
> - Plugin Reloader <http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugin_reloader/>: A
> must-have for anyone that is trying to create his own plugin, great
> complement for the Plugin Builder. I don't understand why it's still tagged
> "experimental".
> - and probably more subjective as it's mine: MapsPrinter
> <http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/MapsPrinter/>: allow to export multiple
> print layouts in few clicks (without opening any). Currently you have to
> open each print layout before you export it.
>
> I can also see that in the current featured list some plugins are not
> available in QGIS 3: itemBrowser, Copy canvas to clipboard, Layer board,
> QuickFinder, ScriptRunner. I guess some functions are natively covered in
> v3. Wonder if, with 3.4LTR, we should not put focus on 3.x compatible
> plugins and remove these ones?
> Another thing is that the Plugin Builder is named Plugin Builder 3 in QGIS
> 3. I'm not sure this is consistent.
>
> Regards,
> Harrissou
>
> Le mar. 22 janv. 2019 à 18:23, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> a
> écrit :
>
>> Hi all,
>> please let us know whether there are plugins that you believe should be
>> listed as featured, and are not. Just send a short description of why
>> they should listed.
>> Also, please warn us if there are featured plugins that should be
>> delisted.
>> http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/featured/
>> All the best, and thanks.
>> --
>> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
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