Dear QGIS developers and users,
In my work as a freelance GIS consultant I work with QGIS as much as
possible and try to convince clients that it will address all their GIS
needs despite not having to pay a license fee for it (and no, it is not
user unfriendly).
More and more, in addition to wanting 'a GIS system', there are requests
for a web based management information system which shows both maps and
a dashboard with selected KPIs, and where selecting a feature on the map
will update the graphs and charts in the dashboard. So far, I have not
been able to find out if this is possible using Open Source software,
what it would require in terms of setting it up/configuring/additional
development. I assume it is technically possible to develop it.
Does anyone have experience with this? How did you set it up? Any
examples I could have a look at? I guess strictly speaking it is not a
QGIS question, but seeing that some other proprietary GIS software
vendors are offering web dashboard functionality 'out of the box' it
does get associated with the GIS software procured.
Is there a demand for it (from my limited view - yes)? Are there
thoughts about developing such functionality more 'out of the box'
within the QGIS community? What would such development require? My
impression is that there is more (very tentative) willingness from
donors to consider contributing to Open Source software development as
part of development projects, but it may mean that it would need to be
written into tender proposals with indicative figures for the required
funding.
I have a limited understanding of what is out there (I've just dabbled
(so far unsuccesfully) with chartbrew and grafana the past few days to
see how dashboard creation works) so I am not sure what are the right
questions to ask. I realise my questions are still rather broad. I have
some time at hand so I would be available to do more research and become
more specific if there is an interest in this topic.
Looking forward to your ideas!
Janneke
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