Qfield Quickstart

Open source mobile data collection for geospatial applications

What you'll learn

What is QField?

How to use the QField interface?

How to set up a QField project in QGIS

How to collect GIS data

Requirements

A basic knowledge of QGIS or desire to learn

A need to collect GIS data in the field on a mobile device

Description

Learn to use QField to collect geospatial data in the field on your android device with no user fees or subscriptions.  Interact directly with an internet accessible PostGIS database so there is no need for downloading and processing field data at the end of the day and the data being collected is visible from any PostGIS client in real-time.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What is QField?

Lecture 3 QField Quickstart guide

Lecture 4 Primary key considerations

Lecture 5 Installing QField on Android

Lecture 6 Installing the QFieldSync plugin for QGIS

Section 2: Getting started with QField

Lecture 7 The QFIeld interface - Browse mode

Lecture 8 The QField Interface - Digitizing mode

Lecture 9 QField settings

Section 3: Project setup in QGIS

Lecture 10 Project settings

Lecture 11 Layer settings

Lecture 12 Forms - Part 1

Lecture 13 Forms - Part 2

Lecture 14 Forms - Part 3

Lecture 15 Collecting photos

Lecture 16 Creating maps in PDF format

Lecture 17 Working with child records

Lecture 18 Using QGIS Map Themes in QField

Section 4: Working offline

Lecture 19 Setting up a QGIS project for off-line use in QField

Lecture 20 Working with off-line data in QField

Lecture 21 Syncing offline data with the production database

Lecture 22 Considerations for off-line data collection workflows

GIS Professionals who are looking for an open-source mobile data collection solution