+1 On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 3:17 AM Angelos Tzotsos <[email protected]> wrote:
> MOTION: Include QField in the next OSGeoLive version. > > My +1, > Angelos > > On 3/11/23 16:58, Matthias Kuhn wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would like to propose the addition of QField as a new OSGeoLive app. > > > > Below you find the information requested by > > https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply > > > > *What is its name?* > > QField > > > > *What is the home page URL?* > > https://qfield.org > > > > *Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used?* > > GPLv2 or newer > > > > *What does the application do and how does it add value to the GeoSpatial > > stack of software?* > > It's a mobile-friendly spatial data collection application based on QGIS > > featuring a minimalist yet powerful user interface. > > > > > > *Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which versions of the > > standards? Client or server? You may wish to add comments about how > > standards are used.*QField supports many OGC standards in many versions > as > > a client via QGIS providers and ogr/gdal. WMS, WFS, OGC API Features, > GPKG, > > probably more. > > > > *What language is it written in?* > > C++ and QML > > > > > > *Which version of the application should be included in the next > OSGeo-Live > > release?*The latest stable release of the 2 series > > > > QField has been deployed in many organizations in various areas and is in > > use for years, for example: > > - Forestry > > - Geology > > - Urbanism > > - Railway > > - Underground Infrastructure (Fibre, Water, Electricity) > > - Public Services (Health, Police, ...) > > - Biology > > - GIS introduction courses > > > > Currently, QField has more than 500'000 downloads on Android, and is also > > available on Linux, iOS, macOS and Windows. > > > > It has been developed since 2014 and has since seen a stream of commits > by > > various contributors. See https://www.openhub.net/p/QField for details. > > It has furthermore triggered various improvements to QGIS as well > > (functionality, bug fixes and paving for the move from QGIS 2 to 3). > There > > is a set of unit tests included in QField as well as a lively and > reactive > > issue tracker (on github). > > > > The QField app has been presented at most FOSS4G's since Bonn. > > > > QField will be able to run with 512 MB of memory (although it performs > > better with more) > > The disk space for a full package with all dependencies is between 60MB > and > > 100MB. On OSGeo-Live it will (very likely) reuse the already installed > QGIS > > libraries, so it will be much less than this. > > Windows and Mac installers are available and can be included or linked if > > desired. > > > > I and Mathieu Pellerin (aka nirvn) are happy to volunteer for the > > maintenance of this application in OSGeo-Live. > > > > We will be happy to follow up with project overview and quickstart pages > as > > well as installation scripts for the integration as soon as this > > application has been approved for integration. > > > > Thank you in advance for your considerations > > On behalf of the QField dev team > > Matthias > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osgeolive mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive > > > -- > Angelos Tzotsos, PhD > President > Open Source Geospatial Foundation > http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos > > _______________________________________________ > osgeolive mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive >
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