Questions tagged [qfield]
An app for Android, based on the QGIS libraries but with a simplified, touch oriented user interface.
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QFieldSync plugin reports “No space left on device” during packaging
I am trying to configure a QGIS project using QFieldSync plugin but it keeps giving me Python error when I try to package the project for QField
Traceback (most recent call last):
File &...
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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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Using QField for nature inventory [closed]
I'm looking for an application that could help me to do an inventory of natural observations (fungi). I don't need many features. I downloaded QGIS but it seems quite hard to use for a beginner. I ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
