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It is with great pleasure that we want to announce the new name for what was briefly known as QGIS mobile.

Please welcome QField for QGIS™!

After long thinking about various names and variants including QGIS mobile, QTouch, OPENGIS.ch QGIS mobile, QWork, and many more, we felt that QField represents best what we want to archive. A field data capture and management app fully compatible with QGIS™ . QField allows you to take your QGIS projects out of the office for effective field work. By maintaining QGIS’ styling and edit widgets QField greatly reduces preparation time. QField is an Open Source project led by OPENGIS.ch LLC with the whole development happening on Github . Currently we are running an invite-only alpha testing but as soon as the app will have a bit more functionality we will widen up the testers group. QField will be released for free on the Playstore with the possibility of donating to the project via paypal  (preferred) or by buying the QField for QGIS Karma edition app . Another way to greatly help the project is, if you need a specific feature, contact us  to sponsor its development. QField is built from ground up to be touch oriented and easy to use outside and follows the following paradigm: ● GPS centric ● QGIS desktop compatible ● Fully working when offline ● Synchronization capabilities ● Project preparation on desktop ● Few and large buttons ● Switchable use paradigm (Display, Digitizing, Measuring, Inspection,…) QField is built using Qt5, QtQuick 2 (both are supported and suggested by Qt) and OpenGL so it is future proof and it spearheads QGIS towards Qt5. For feature requests, please contact us For bug reports contact us or better file an issue on Github

QField (formerly known as QGIS Mobile) is a touch optimized interface for field work developed by OPENGIS.ch. It is with great pleasure the we want to share with you the demo video of version 0.2. Since the project is going to be one of our core projects, we set up a dedicated page here . The QGIS mobile 0.2  video demonstrates some basic functionality like navigation, feature identification and attribute editing.

The performance is affected by android’s video recording software. In reality animaitons look fluent and the interface feels snappy. Demo performed on a Galaxy Note 8.0 with Android 4.4.4 (CM11).

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 individually in the last years, we have realized that there is a huge potential for us to join our knowledge - because the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This is why starting from January 1st, 2015 we are working together as OPENGIS.ch LLC. Marco is the creator of QGIS for Android, has a strong background in python and web applications development and is core committer of the the award-winning InaSafe project. Matthias is an active QGIS core committer with a long history in developing in a wide variety of programming languages and areas from embedded systems to server services. We both are strong believers in open source software and are convinced that developing in the public is a big win for everybody. Among other projects, we are currently working on QGIS Mobile. A touch optimized interface for field work, based on the QGIS libraries. Make sure you keep an eye on this project as it is in its infancy but growing very fast. If you have a use-case for it and would like to support its development don’t hesitate contacting us. We will happily provide you with a preview version. [embed]https://vimeo.com/116231850[/embed] We are are also available for helping you with any idea and project you might have and to give ad-hoc courses that cover topics related to (Q)GIS and programming.

All the best

Marco and Matthias