12-03, 14:00–18:00 (America/Belem), Room Mangal das Garças (C Block)
Unlock the full potential of your fieldwork with QField's groundbreaking project and app-wide plugins. Join our hands-on workshop at FOSS4G to explore the powerful customization and functionality enhancements made possible by QField 3.3. Learn how to create and implement plugins tailored to your specific needs, streamline data collection, and improve field operations. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced user, this session will equip you with the skills to take your field mapping projects to the next level. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your GIS capabilities and enhance your fieldwork efficiency with QField.
REQUIREMENTS:
+ A computer with a web browser and your favorite text editor.
+ The QField desktop application downloaded (execute the downloaded file to test that it runs):
.... Windows: qfield-v3.4.5-windows-x64.exe
.... GNU/Linux: qfield-v3.4.5-linux-x64.AppImage
.... Mac OS: qfield-v3.4.5-x64-osx.dmg
+ QField app installed in your smartphone/tablet. (Optional, but nice to have for testing).
Plugins are written in QML/JS, while simple, programming knowledge is needed to follow the workshop actively. Nonetheless, a QML intro from scratch will be provided.
Marco Bernasocchi is an open-source advocate, entrepreneur and full-stack geoninja. He is the creator of QField for QGIS, currently serves as QGIS.org Chair, and is an Open Source Geospatial Foundation board member. In his day job, Marco is the CEO of OPENGIS.ch, which he founded in 2011.
A geographer by trade, Marco lives in a small Romansh-speaking mountain village in Switzerland, where he loves scrambling around the mountains to enjoy the feeling of freedom it gives him. Outgoing, flexible and open-minded, Marco fluently speaks five languages. The best thing is: He not only knows how to say it but also loves sharing his know-how.
Germán Carrillo is a geospatial developer and a free software lover and advocate. He has been a QGIS core contributor since 2009 and has developed a dozen QGIS plugins, as well as R packages and a pgAdmin extension.
Besides programming, most of the time he is mountaineering, writing and playing with some electronics.
QField and QFieldCloud Supporter / Junior GIS developer