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QField 1.7 Rockies hits the stage

Be ready for the cold weather with a smooth coordinate search, filters in the value relation widget, fancy new QML and HTML widgets, enhanced geometry editing functionalities and an expandable legend. Right when Autumn starts, QField 1.7 Rockies hits the stage. As usual get it now on the play store or on github! The days are getting shorter and the wind blows colder. It’s always good to be in a good company outside while getting your mapping work done. QField will be your reliable companion. ...

October 20, 2020 · 4 min · signedav
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QField 1.6 is out!

Editing multiple features at the same time, support for stylus pens, dynamic configuration of image names and much more. QField 1.6 Qinling 秦岭 comes packed with awesome new features and an improved user experience. We have been very busy over the last few months working on a new and shiny QField release. We have added many new features that increase efficiency on the field or allow for new workflows. In parallel, we have also been working on ironing out a series of issues and improving the overall user experience to make the app as pleasurable to use as possible. The result is QField 1.6 which has been published now. ...

August 18, 2020 · 5 min · mkuhn
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Offline WMS - Benchmarking raster formats for QField

What are we looking for? We would like to use WMS offline on QField. For that, we need to figure out what is the best way to get a raster from a WMS and which format is the most efficient (size and performance). In this post we’ll show you is how to generate the ideal raster file from a WMS and the results of our efficiency tests for the the different raster formats. ...

June 9, 2020 · 4 min · lucie
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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 love QField so much we immediately started working on the next iteration. Now, after an intensive testing period, we are proud to announce the release of QField 1.4 - Olavtoppen. Olavtoppen!? yes, the highest point of Bouvet Island, the remotest island on Earth. And sure enough, QField would follow you there! ...

March 3, 2020 · 5 min · mbernasocchi
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QField 1.2 released

After an intensive testing period, we are proud to announce the release of QField 1.2 As usual, get it on play store or download it from GitHub. QField Crowdfunding Campaign Before digging into all the new goodness that you will find in QField 1.2, let’s get some big “Thanks” out. What QField currently is was mostly possible thanks to customer projects of which the outcome could be mutualized. Thanks a lot to all of you that agreed open source is all about making things possible together! ...

October 3, 2019 · 3 min · mkuhn
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Win a QField jump-start package, use #MyQField

Do you want to win a QField jump-start package worth 550€? We are launching the # MyQField challenge. Follow us on Twitter and show us how you use @ QFieldForQGIS by tagging your tweets with # MyQField and # dataisoutside. The tweet with most likes and retweets by 24.4.19 wins the training! Rules You need to follow @ OPENGISch and @ QFieldForQGIS Likes count single, retweet count double You can participate multiple times We will count on 24.4.19 at 20:00 CET The prize is a half day jump-start package worth 550€ Risk assessment ...

April 11, 2019 · 1 min · mbernasocchi
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QField 1.0 is here

Let’s get straight to the point It’s official, QField for QGIS 1.0 is out! Get it while it’s hot on the Playstore ( qfield.org/get) or on GitHub We are incredibly pleased and proud of just having released such a jewel and are convinced that, thanks to all its features and conscious design choices, QField will make your field digitizing work much more efficient and pleasant. Packed with loads of useful features like online and offline features digitizing, geometry and attributes editing, attribute search, powerful forms, theme switching, GPS support, camera integration and much more, QField is the powerful tool for those who need to edit on the go and would like to avoid standing in the swamp with a laptop or paper charts. ...

March 28, 2019 · 6 min · mbernasocchi
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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 ( https://qfield.org/get) or on GitHub Thanks to all the feedback by the fantastic community we were able to fix plenty of bugs, address performance issues and even add some super cool new features. Among the new features, the most important is the flashy new file selector with favorite directories (long press on a folder to add it to the favorites and longpress on the favorites list to remove it) and an automatic list of the last three opened projects that will save you heaps of time while looking for your projects. ...

March 14, 2019 · 2 min · mbernasocchi
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You gave us feedback - we give you QField 1.0 RC3

We are really happy to announce the release a new great milestone in QField’s history, QField 1.0 Release Candidate 3! (Yes, you might have got a glimpse of the broken RC2 if you where very attentive) Thanks to the great feedback we received since releasing RC1 we were able to fix plenty of issues and add some more goodies. We would like to invite everybody to install this Release Candidate and help us test it as much as possible so that we can iron out as many bugs as possible before the final release of QField 1.0. ...

January 31, 2019 · 2 min · mbernasocchi
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New 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 digitizing, geometry and attributes editing, attribute search, powerful forms, theme switching, GPS support, camera integration and much more, QField is the powerful tool for those who need to edit on the go and would like to avoid standing in the swamp with a laptop or paper charts. ...

January 8, 2019 · 2 min · mbernasocchi

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