12-02, 14:00–16:00 (America/Belem), Room Círio de Nazaré (C Block)
QField is the field data collection app for QGIS, with over 325K active users and 1Mio downloads. QFieldCloud, released in early 2023, is the sync platform for QField and QGIS.
We'll show you how to make the most of these state-of-the-art tools.
In this workshop, we will go through the complete fieldwork process: setting up your QGIS project, publishing the project via QFieldCloud, collecting data via the QField mobile app and synchronising the field data back to your main dataset in the office.
QField works on top of QGIS and allows users to set up maps and forms in QGIS on their workstation and deploy them in the field. QField uses QGIS's data providers - OGR, GDAL, PostGIS and others - and supports most common file formats.
QField combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology that allows intuitive viewing and editing of data. QField's map rendering is supported by the QGIS rendering engine, so the results are identical and the full range of styling options available on the desktop is available. Editing forms in QField respect the QGIS configuration and are optimised for touch interaction.
QFieldCloud will also make field collaboration much easier. We will learn about configuring users with different rights, collecting offline and online data, and synchronising field data and QGIS project data.
Attendees should have a device with QField and an account on QFieldCloud.
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