Questions tagged [qfield]
An app for Android, based on the QGIS libraries but with a simplified, touch oriented user interface.
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QField edition: deplace point object
I would like tu use QField to update localisation of points objects that their fields are already informed.
With the editing tool I don't manage to deplace point despite I see several "how to&...
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When adding new features in QField 1.7.4, the label doesn't show up in the mobile project
Strange problem when working in the field on a mobile project: when I add a new feature in a point layer, the point is visible but the predefined label in the QGIS project doesn't show up in the ...
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Duplicate information in form fields [closed]
In the project I use the value map to obtain information from a layer, and with that information fill another field,
When I create a point for the first time and select the field that is configured ...
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Direction of taken photo (QFIELD)
Just wanted to know if it is possible to define the direction of taken photo?
I took a lot of pictures with QFIELD (at my Phon) and I would like to know which direction has each Photo when I was ...
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QFields often don't start-> error “QField angehalten”
I run QField on Android Samsung S7 with one small project. Sometimes it runs ok but actually I can't open the program. When I try it several times I get the message "QField bleibt ständig stehen/...
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QField on tablet wont open project
I run QField on both a tablet and my phone. In the last couple of days I suddenly can't open any of my projects on the tablet. They all work fine on my phone which is running the same version 1.6.4. ...
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QGIS 3.10.8 and 3.14 crashes when opening attribute table after setting up a photo field and using lay-out form with attachment widget
I am looking for a way to address the following problem described at GitHub.
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/39063
I am looking for a repair method of the broken point layer, I mean a way
that:
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Problem with containers in combination with the remember button
I've been searching for a solution for days. I'm using QGIS 3.14.15 on Windows 10 and created a point layer to take points with QField. I created a container with several options. In QField the ...
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Trying to auto generate the coordinates of a point using QGIS and QField
I am using QGIS 3.10 for windows, and I am trying to create a shapefile such that I can load it into QField and take points in the field, and have those points auto generate their coordinates. I have ...
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Collapse legend in QField 1.6.0+
Is it any way to make layer list collapsible in newest QField? Or can I change project settings the way legend contains only list of layers without symbology variants? Because now I have almost ...
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Time zone problem on a calculated field
I have configured a date/time field with the default value "now ()" on a shapefile.
When I create an object in QGIS, the datetime is correct. In QField, there is a 2 hour lag. However, the ...
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Enable the current location panel in QField
How can the current location pannel be enabled within QField? (see picture below)
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Synchronizing data from QField to original SpatiaLite database
I'm trying to get started with QField. I created a SpatiaLite database with several SpatiaLite layers in my QGIS project. Exporting that project with QFieldSync is super easy, as is (offline) editing ...
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Add tabbed fields within QField
How can data be organized in tabs within Qfield?
The "Advanced Bee Farming Demo" that comes with QField displays data organized in tabs (see picture below: General, Picture, Issues, Review, ...
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How to setup CRS for QField
I'm working on exporting projects from QGIS to QField for data collection. I have read the documentation that requires the CRS to be the same for the layers and the overall project. The project is ...
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QField use main-detail tables from PostGIS/PostgreSQL
We are using QField for field data collection (forest survey). Our data is stored in a PostGIS/PostgreSQL database and we use QFieldSync to export and import data. This works fine as long, as we use ...
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Receive 'handle bad layers' and 'invalid data source' message when importing project from QField back to QGIS
using QGIS 3.14.1 and Qfield 1.5.3 with a Samsung Galaxy TAB A (2016)
I have created a Project in QGIS for use in Qfield. I am able to open the project in QField on the tablet and edit the layers with ...
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Opening PDF and other attachments in QField
I want to open a PDF file in QField, but I don't know how to configure a project to be created in QGIS.
Can you tell me how to do this?
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QField Compatible Devices / Requirements
I recently purchase a Samsung Tab A 10.1 (2019) and can't open QField projects on it. After attempting to open my project file it gets stuck. I read a comment from opengis.ch from 2013 that "...
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Keep tracking alive for trackpaths when phone is in sleep mode [closed]
I've found that tracking only works if QField is active and the screen is turned on constantly. This drains battery power. As soon as the power button is pressed to conserve the battery the tracking ...
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Photo naming in QGIS.3.14 QFieldSync
In QGIS 3.14 / QfieldSync there is now the functionality to configure photo naming. Yay!
I use a 1:n set-up for photos, i.e. I capture photos in the child table ('photo') of a one-to-many relationship....
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QField Sync v3.2.0 Photo Naming not available
I have QFieldSync 3.2.0 installed, but do not see the 'Photo Naming Tab' in Project Configuration that was provided in 3.1.8.
Has this been removed?
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How to build QField source
I ran https://github.com/opengisch/QField build for Android using Powershell with the following steps:
Install docker for Windows
Execute Pull command at https://hub.docker.com/r/opengisch/qfield-sdk/...
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QField Create Geometry
I use QField for tree surveys. I use Geometry generator to create the crown (canopy) spread based on crown radius taken at N, S E and W. This works, but the crown is 'virtual' and cannot be edited. ...
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QField Photos and External Storage
I am using QGIS 3.12 and QField 1.5.3 on a Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android 9).
My project allows collection of photos. This works when stored on Internal Storage, but not when stored in 'QField directory ...
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Setting QField for 1:n photos
I'm using QGIS 3.12 on Win10 x64.
I'm trying to configure QField for 1:n photos. I have a point layer representing trees, and I want to be able to add multiple photos to that pt.
I have set up as ...
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Difference in QField Sync's offline editing vs. copy & replace
What is the advantage of configuring a layer in the plugin "QField Sync" for "offline editing" vs just leave it at "copy", do the field work and then copy the edited data ...
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QGIS- editing form auto completion
I'm new in QGIS world :)
I would like to have an auto-completion script within the editing form on QGiS.
When editing a point features with QGIS form, I would like the script to identify the list of ...
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QField and Inputapp with PostgreSQL available on the internet
I have been using both tools in field work, making use of forms to facilitate filling in information using spatial databases in geopackage format. It has worked very well, but we have to take care to ...
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Conditional Visibility of a field based on checkbox or value map
Does anyone know how to show some fields only when a previous one has a not null value? I tried what was on this link but it didn't work since when I go to the expression dialogue it can't find the ...
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QField and streetview
I wanted to know if anyone knows how to integrate streetview into QField or find a way to view my data in augmented reality with open source software.
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How to attach pictures saved in relative path
I have a QGIS project saved under G:\USER\xyz\projects\QGIS.qgz
In the same folder is a subfolder Pictures. My layer contains a column with the picture names (For example: 101.jpg). The picture 101....
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.ozf2/.map not displayed in QField
I have some maps in 2 files format .ozf2 + .map that I can display in QGIS. However, when I open the same QGIS project in QField, they are not displayed.
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Recording a track, not a polygon in QField [closed]
I researched the QField documentation, google, etc. but could not help myself.
My goal is to record a GPS track using QField. However, the tracking function only seems to work in polygon layers. The ...
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Using QField to connect to external Bluetooth GPS
I am using QField for field data acquisition. Can QField connect to an external Bluetooth GPS?
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QField - Managing photo storage
I'm using QField and was able to setup almost everything.
I managed to enable photos creating a table (with the "attachment" type, relative path and so forth) and building relations to my Shapefile. ...
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how many layer can i use
I have a QGIS-project with 200 layers exported to Qfield.
Qfield load all Layer, but shows only 1 of them, but all other layers are selected and visible.
Qfield-project has a size of 3,84 MB
is there ...
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QGIS / QField data problem following power cut
I'm a new QGIS user using v3.4.4. Last week I used the QField app to survey a site. At the end of the day the project was successfully synchronised. Yesterday I spent the day working on the data, ...
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QField - Display attributes table frame in pdf with editing offline mode
I'm using QField and QFieldSync to synchronize my data. In a project I build a composer with an attribute table frame, wich show attributes of my layer. When I run the project in QField and create a ...
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Auto Increment Only Specific Features?
I'm using QField to collect geologic data in the Outback.
I'm creating point data, with various fields for rock type etc.
Occasionally I take samples of the rocks, and want a field that auto-...
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Make specific objects not identifiable in QField
Some objects of my layer have empty attribute table. Is it possible to make them unidentifiable - like eg. all objects of layer marked as unidentifiable in QGis project settings?
EDIT: Maybe I haven'...
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QGIS - QField - Retrieve target field value when source feature intersects target feature in target layer
I have a simple project in QGIS 3.10.5: a polygon layer and a point layer. When the user add a point feature which intersects a polygon feature, a calculate field make this intersection and get the id ...
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QField - switch between multiple layer styles
In QField (1.4.4) demo project - Advanced Bee Farming Demo - there is an option to switch between layer styles (Diseases, Heatmap, Species). How to set up a project in QGis to enable this function in ...
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QGIS doesn't read QField's relevant data
QField ver. 1.4.4 Olavtoppen, QGIS ver. 3.12.2
In QField I entered the data with a punctual theme (point)
ID number, notes, etc ..
The data entered are visible in the QFields. When I transfer the ...
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geomnearest don't calc on QField
I have an attribute that is calculated with the function "geomnearest('sampling', 'fid')" in a tree table. It is ok on QGIS on PC but don't work on QFIELD ?
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Qfield 1.4.4 - value relation widget working on QGIS and not on Qfield - list of invisible unfiltered values
I am trying to use value relation widget (working on QGIS) in Qfield (which should be implemented in the latest releases).
I'm trying to use the widget to filter a long list of plant species.
A first ...
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QField unable to load compressed TIFF files
I have come across the following error in QField when trying to load transformed and compressed GeoTIFFs. All uncompressed TIFFs seem to load fine.
The following layers could not be loaded, please ...
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Synchronizing two tablets from QField
I have two tablets with QField on it, on which I load the same QGIS Project. The Fieldworkes go record points in the field. After that I want to synchronize both tablets back to my QGIS Project via ...
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Geopackage is not visible in QField offline editing mode
I am using QGIS 3.4.9 Madeira and QField 1.4.4.
Having a gpkg and shp layer with the same information in a project and transferring them both to QField (both layers are set to offline editing), only ...
