QGIS on Android gets GPS support
Lately I’ve been working on adding native GPS support to QGIS on Android, here is a short video showing how it works. A big thanks goes to the municipality of Schoten in Belgium which sponsored the...
View ArticleQGIS on Android using external GPS receivers
Thanks to FORNAT AG which sponsored me I could spend some time looking for solutions to make QGIS on android working with an external GPS receiver that sends NMEA strings. It all boils down to the...
View ArticleSupport QGIS for Android
Since September 2011, as a result of my Google Summer of Code QGIS mobile project, QGIS is available for Android. As the maintainer and main developer behind QGIS for android I’m striving to improve it...
View ArticleNew Website Online
So, after a very succesful rainy weekend the long-standing project of a new website is finally reality. Thanks to this project I had the chance to check out with no client constrains what was out there...
View ArticleInaSAFE 1.0 Launched
End October after a heavy development sprint, the InaSAFE team (which consists of developers from around the world, funded by AUSAID and The World Bank / GFDRR) released inaSAFE 1.0 at the AMCDRR, a...
View ArticleInaSAFE wins Open Source ‘Rookie of the Year’ award
We have worked incredibly hard over the last year to make the InaSAFE plugin for QGIS, with a team of dedicated developers from AUSAID, WorldBank, Linfiniti, opengis.ch and a number of other developers...
View ArticleQGIS 2.0 nightly features review
The last few weeks have been super exciting and intense in terms of QGIS development. I’ve been working a lot and sleeping little to get the latest and greatest stuff to you in the nightly packages....
View ArticleHappy new year to the power of two!
For the first time we at OPENGIS.ch can celebrate with 2 people, Marco Bernasocchi and Matthias Kuhn both experienced QGIS developers and holders of a Master degree in GIScience. After having worked...
View ArticleQGIS Mobile 0.2 Demo
It is with great pleasure the we want to share with you the demo video of version 0.2. of QGIS Mobile (temporary name) is a touch optimized interface for field work developed by OPENGIS.ch. The QGIS...
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QField in the wild
QField Experimental is out, after a couple of months of requirements gathering, private early alpha testing and foremost tons of emails requesting access to the testes group we decided today to put the...
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QField for Android 5
It's done, QField runs on any android from 4.0.3 (ICS) with a seamless installing experience. We suggest using at least Android 4.3 See more ›
View ArticleGeometry generator symbology
December traditionally is an amazing time since the weather is usually quite forgiving to long working hours. Therefore the first parts of our recent crowdfunding project for 2.5D rendering have been...
View ArticlePorting QGIS plugins to API v3 – Strategy and tools
The Release of QGIS 3.0 was a great success and with the first LTR (3.4) scheduled for release this fall, it is now the perfect time to port your plugins to the new API. QGIS 3.0 is the first major...
View ArticleMarco becomes QGIS.org Co-chair
We are very proud to announce that one of our founders and directors Marco Bernasocchi was elected as QGIS.org project steering committee (PSC) co-chair. With over 10 years of involvement with QGIS (he...
View ArticleNew Year’s present – QField 1.0 RC1
It was a long and winding road but we are very excited to announce the general availability of QField 1.0 Release Candidate 1. Packed with loads of useful features like online and offline features...
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QField RC5 – Last call for testing
We are really happy to announce the fifth and (hopefully) last 1.0 release candidate in QField’s history! This means that QField 1.0 is closer than ever. Get it while it’s hot on the Playstore...
View ArticleNew Year’s present – QField 1.0 RC1
It was a long and winding road but we are very excited to announce the general availability of QField 1.0 Release Candidate 1. Packed with loads of useful features like online and offline features...
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QField RC5 – Last call for testing
We are really happy to announce the fifth and (hopefully) last 1.0 release candidate in QField’s history! This means that QField 1.0 is closer than ever. Get it while it’s hot on the Playstore...
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QField 1.4 released – Happy new year
What a year’s start! After a very packed December publishing all the QGIS on the road videos and quietly releasing QField 1.3 – Ben Nevis we could have gone and relaxed over the holidays. But since we...
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