On 14-12-17 13:59, Alessandro Pasotti wrote: > Hi Joana, > > I think this would be a great addition to QGIS. > > Big +1 from me, and thanks for the proposal. > > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 1:49 PM, doublebyte <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hello, > > Maybe some of you are aware of the "geopackage" plugin > > <https://eos.geocat.net/gitlab/joana.simoes/foss4g_gpkg/blob/master/foss4g_gpkg.pdf > > <https://eos.geocat.net/gitlab/joana.simoes/foss4g_gpkg/blob/master/foss4g_gpkg.pdf>> > .The initial goal of this plugin was to enable users to save their QGIS > projects, including style and associated resources > in a extended geopackage - the qgis geopackage extension > <https://github.com/pka/qgpkg/blob/master/qgis_geopackage_extension.md > <https://github.com/pka/qgpkg/blob/master/qgis_geopackage_extension.md>> > -, > and load it onto another QGIS installation; on this approach, the > project is > encoded as qgs, in a database table. Later the plugin was forked to > support > a different geopackage exension - the owc geopackage extension > <https://github.com/pka/qgpkg/blob/master/owc_geopackage_extension.md > <https://github.com/pka/qgpkg/blob/master/owc_geopackage_extension.md>> > - , > which is standards-based; in this approach > <https://www.geocat.net/announcing-the-extended-geopackage-qgis-plugin/ > <https://www.geocat.net/announcing-the-extended-geopackage-qgis-plugin/>> > , > the style is encoded as OGC:SLD and the project as OGC:OWS context. > The goal > of this approach is to support the migration of GIS projects, as we can > implement this extension in any desktop or server side GIS (e.g.: ArcGIS > Desktop). > > The fork was merged in August this year, and the latest release of the > plugin <https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/QgisGeopackage/ > <https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/QgisGeopackage/>> already contains > both extensions, covering both use cases of porting QGIS projects and > migrating GIS projects. Recently, it was added support in the core > to the > "qgis geopackage extension" > > <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp#L762 > > <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp#L762>> > , in the qgsogrprovider class. This means that if a user loads a > geopackage > which was encoded using the "qgis geopackage extension", it will > automatically load the QGIS project from it. We think that it makes > sense to > also add the "ows geopackage extension" to the core; in that case, > users > could load projects exported from other GIS software seamlessly, without > having to load the plugin. The mechanism would be very similar to > what was > already implemented for the "qgis geopackage extension". > > Before preparing any Pull Request, we would like to understand first > what is > the general feeling of the community about this feature; is this > something > which seems useful and interesting to add to the QGIS core? If yes, > we would > also appreciate any comments regarding any details the implementation. > > Looking forward to hearing your feedback :-)
Yes, please! I think there was an issue about not being able to load an extended gpkg: https://issues.qgis.org/issues/17698 so it looks like fixing a bug :-) R _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
