QGIS North America Conference: Consume Field Collected Data Directly in QGIS Using a Plugin for Map Publishing

We are happy to announce that GIS Cloud will take part in the 2020 QGIS North America virtual conference on July 27th, 3.30 PM EDT (7.30 PM UTC). We will present GIS Cloud Publisher for QGIS, and its new possibility to not only publish QGIS maps online preserving symbology but to also consume data collected into GIS Cloud from the filed, directly in QGIS using WFS.

QGIS US User Group & partners in North America offer this virtual get-together to all QGIS users as a way to share ideas and skills when so many in-person meetings cannot safely happen. Travel and registration costs are not an issue this time. Attending the conference will be free of charge, but there is a donation channel available to support the volunteers that are tirelessly working on improving the QGIS software! Participants and guests from all over the globe are welcomed, but presentation times will focus on the North American audience. Regular presentation sessions will be streamed on YouTube (link is coming soon), with no registration needed, and no limit to the number of attendees.

Our own, Marta Klarić Ravnić (Product Designer for QGIS plugin), and Igor Farkaš (Head of Growth and GIS specialist) will be presenting GIS Cloud Publisher for QGIS in a talk titled: “Consume your Field Collected Data Directly in QGIS Using a Plugin for Map Publishing”. They will reflect on how the QGIS plugin enables you to upload and your maps to the GIS Cloud platform in a matter of minutes. This way you can bridge the gap between the desktop and online GIS solution and publish your maps preserving your symbology and even consume online data stored in GIS Cloud directly in QGIS.

The plugin also allows users to update changes made to QGIS projects and sync them to the published online map. Online maps in GIS Cloud can then be easily shared privately or publicly via an URL link, and it is also possible to grant different access to the map to different team members. This keeps everyone involved in sync about the progress of the project and facilitates collaboration.

Attendees will have an exclusive preview and be able to witness how we enabled consuming the data from GIS Cloud in QGIS via WFS, a feature we are just about to release! We will be happy to hear your feedback and advice on how we can further improve the plugin.

We will also show how you can use a Mobile Data Collection app to collect any kind of information related to location into GIS Cloud by filling in a simple (custom) form, and consume collected data directly in QGIS, continue working on your data and perform analysis.

If you want to try out the plugin yourself, create a GIS Cloud account, find the GIS Cloud Publisher for QGIS among QGIS plugins, and test it out, it’s free!

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