Questions tagged [qfield]
An app for Android, based on the QGIS libraries but with a simplified, touch oriented user interface.
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Recording a track, not a polygon in QField
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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Looking for an Android application for finding points [closed]
I currently use an Android DGPS for mapping. I use QGIS and Qfield for data collection which I am extremely happy with. My problem with QField is that there is no bearing/distance/compass feature for ...
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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 ...
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QField Sync original project path missing
I have a project in QGis, configured for QField. I moved that original project and all the files to a different folder. Now when i want to sync data back from my tablet using the QField-sync plugin, ...
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QField 1.4.4 Photo Error
I'm trying out QField 1.4.4 and get this error when trying to attach photos to point data.
Value "DCIM/JPEG_20200303_130156.jpg" NOT NULL could not be converted to a compatible value for field Photo_1(...
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Is the QField software integrated with the SPACE software from SP20 receivers (Spectra Precision)?
I have a SP20 GPS receiver from Spectra Precision.
Spectra Precision has developped a software, named SPACE, which allows to third party companies to integrate the SP20 GPS data into their own ...
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QField does not get the GPS location on Android
I am using QField on three Samsung Galaxy S5 tab tablets for a field work. I created a QGIS project (with project and layers in the same CRS). I downloaded QField on the tablets and created a QField ...
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How to include a PDF for displaying or downloading in QField
What I am looking for:
In a point-layer I would like to add a PDF (stored in OneDrive) that can be opened in Qfield while doing fieldwork.
What I did so far:
I created two fields named 'attachment' ...
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QField: Points aren't straight, they are dirty and blurred
I've made a project in QGis, imported a new layer with coordinates (points) from a csv-file. Finally I want to find this marks in the area within 10 cm.
In QGis everything worked fine.
When I made ...
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Protecting QField layer from feature deletions
I have a polygon layer that will be shared with other users. I do not want anyone to be able to delete or modify the polygon shape. I do need them to be able to edit other feature attributes.
Is it ...
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No sync geopackage raster layer to QFIELD
I have a problem with exporting raster layers stored in a geopackage, to a QFIELD project. I work with version 3.4.12 of QGIS and I have version 3.5.1 of QFIELD Sync installed.
The process I follow ...
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VRT with many files has glitchy display
I have a dataset comprising the entire province of Saskatchewan. The province is divided into 296 Rural Municipalites (RMs) which each produce a paper(!) map. As I acquire the maps (150 so far) I scan,...
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Qfieldsync : Using multiple field devices
I need to use Qfield to collect data from multiple field workers. Is this possible with Qfieldsync and if so what would the workflow be.
If I sync the first device with the desktop project what will ...
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QGIS Actions in QField
I am creating an action in QGIS, which opens a link from an attribute.
Is it possible to open such a link in QField (Android App)? Or is there any other way to open links from the attribute table in ...
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QField on Android keeps showing my location being off the coast of Africa
I have made a few qfield projects before without this issue, but I can't seem to get around this. I don't think this has to with projection because I'm able to spoof my location from my phone to be ...
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QField App crashes when connect to internal server of PostgreSQL and PostGIS
I'm completely new to GIS field and here what I'm trying to do:
I want to make the QField App connects to internal server which has a PostgreSQL and PostGIS running on it.
I created a schema in ...
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QGIS crashes when packaging QGIS Project for export to QField
QGIS is crashing when I try to package a project for export to QField, using the QFieldSync plugin. Previous projects have succesfully exported without issue. I am running QGIS 3.4.11 Madeira on a ...
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QField positioning permissions
I'm currently trying to use QField on Trimble TDC600s. When I try and enable GPS position display on the map, the display clears off and leaves a single dot on it. Every other feature is working as ...
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High quality photos using QFIELD
i'd like to take high quality photos with my tablet/smartphone during a survey with QFIELD.
But i have some issues because with the camera used by the App, i cannot zoom in/out and the quality is bad,...
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Online Editing in QField (multi-user environment)
I have a QGIS Project that I run on QField to create points/lines and give them attributes in the Field. We have three tablets with the same project on it. Right now QField saves the new data "offline"...
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UUID-Generator in QField
I have a QGIS project running on QField that allows the user to draw points/lines and assign attributes to them. Every point/line gets an unique ID that get created through an UUID-Generator in QGIS.
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Capture data from a bluetooth device?
We have a gravity meter which unfortunately is paired to Windows Mobile. It connects via bluetooth, and we have tried pairing with an Android device. All the data we want comes across as an ASCII ...
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Form Value Relation Dropdowns in QField
I created form-value related dropdowns in a QGIS project that work perfectly. The Idea is to collect data of points in the field. All types ("Art") have subtypes ("Subart") that are dependant on their ...
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Android Tablet camera does not focus when using QFIELD
I am using a Lenovo TB-X704L tablet, Android 7.1.1 with the latest QFIELD app installed. I prepared in QGIS 3.4 a tree survey project with a GPKG point layer, packed it for QFIELD and transferred the ...
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Current User's ID as Default Attribute in QGIS (QField)
I have a QGIS project running on QField that allows the user to draw points/lines and assign attributes to them. As soon as the point/line is drawn, an attribute mask pops up where all the attributes ...
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Can QField record GPS Z-Value
We are a land survey company and are considering using QField to perform asset surveys for local government agencies.
Looking through the documentation it appears that QField can do most of what we ...
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Multi-User offline edit synchronization using GPKG
I have been trying to find an article like http://postgis.net/workshops/postgis-intro/history_tracking.html that explains how I can do the following with a GPKG (ideally in QGIS)
Sync edits made on ...
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Can valuemap widget be set to allow new entries
I am testing qfield for use in tree surveying. I wish to have a dropdown list of tree species. But I also need to be able to capture values not in the list. Can the valuemap widget be configured to ...
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How to zoom on a photo
We have set up a little form with a few attributes and a photo.
Once the photo is saved, it is not possible to reopen it and to zoom in the picture.
Any tricks?
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Cannot edit QGIS project in QField (save to PostgreSQL db)
I struggle to edit my project in QField on a Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2. The general idea would be to create and edit points in the field and save them in a PostgreSQL db (offline and online).
What ...
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Qfield online data collection
Qfield comes with a demonstration Beekeeping package installed. This package allows users to add new points and data that are updated online. Does anyone know of a tutorial that shows how this is done?...
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How to enable compass/direction pointer in Qfield?
I have to check quite complicated and already (somewhat) finished line in-field and I need some basic navigation and especially direction pointer in which direction I should go. Unfortunatelly Qfield ...
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Setting Search and Measure in QField
On the QField documentation page I saw this
Configure search in QGIS
-Choose the layers which are searchable in Project > Project Properties‣> Identify Layers
-Define the display expression for ...
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Capturing photos in QField
I have created a sqlite point layer in a QGIS (ver 3.8.1) project with both the absolute and relative path to photos stored in a subfolder of the project. I've added an action to the layer, which ...
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Issues synchronizing QField into PostGIS
I'm having issues synchronizing my QField project into a PostGIS database.
Nothing is synchronized, and I have the following error in the PostgreSQL logs:
2019-08-29 13:06:34 HST INSTRUCTION : ...
