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QGIS User Conference 2026: welcoming the community to Laax 🏔️

We’re genuinely excited to co-organise the upcoming QGIS User Conference together with QGIS User Group Switzerland, and to do so in Laax, right here in the Swiss Alps.

Laax is home to OPENGIS.ch and the place where QField was born. It is a setting that has shaped how we work, how we collaborate, and how we think about building open-source tools that are meant to be used in the real world.

Bringing the global QGIS community together in such a place feels just right. People and ideas come together around open source, with space to exchange, reflect, and collaborate, in an environment that mirrors values that are deeply rooted in our DNA and our close connection to nature.

  • Yes, the venue is reached by cable car 🚡
  • Yes, it comes with breathtaking views ⛰
  • And yes, there will be plenty of opportunities to hike, bike, fly, or simply enjoy great conversations 🚵‍♀️🪂🚶‍♂️

The mountains will not just be a backdrop. They will be part of the conference experience.

As Marco, our CEO and Chair of QGIS.org, puts it:

“I’ve never been more excited about a QGIS conference location announcement. Welcoming the community to my hometown in the Swiss Alps feels very special. This is where OPENGIS.ch is based and where QField was born, and it is a perfect place for meaningful exchanges and shared experiences.”

We’re very much looking forward to organising this conference and to welcoming the QGIS community to Laax for what we hope will be a memorable and inspiring QGIS User Conference.

👉 Updates and details can be found at conference.qgis.org

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(Fr) QSoccer : QGIS, football, what else ?

Sorry, this entry is only available in French.

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QGISでバッファを作る方法〜指定距離のポリゴンを作成する手順を解説〜 - QGIS LAB by MIERUNE

はじめに家を探すにあたって「駅から徒歩10分圏内の物件を探したい」「物件から500m以内にコンビニはあるのか」といった疑問を持ったことはありませんか？GISでこれらの分析をおこなう際に便利なのが「バッファ」機能です。バッファを作成することで、駅から100m圏内の円などを作成できるようになります。この記事では、QGISにおけるバッファ機能について、基本概念から実際の作成手順まで解説します。バッファは...
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Notebooks in QGIS

Finally it’s here: Jupyter notebooks inside QGIS. I don’t know about you but I’ve been hoping for someone to get around to doing this for quite a while.

Qiusheng Wu published the first version of the Notebook plugin on 26 Dec 2025. Late Christmas present?!

For the setup, there’s a handy tutorial by Hans van der Kwast and, additionally, Qiusheng published an intro video:

Development is going fast (version 0.3.0 at the time of writing) so there will be new features when you install / update the plugin compared to both the tutorial and the video.

The user interface is pretty stripped down with just a few buttons to add new code or markdown cells and to run them. And there is a neat drop-down menu with all kinds of ready-made code snippets to get you started:

For other functionalities, for example, to delete cells, you need to right-click on the cell to access the function through the context menu. And, as far as I can tell, there is currently no way to rearrange cells (moving them up or down).

I also haven’t quite understood yet what kinds of outputs are displayed and which are not because – quite often – the cell output just stays empty, even though the same code generates output on the console:

Some of the plugin settings I would have liked to experiment with, such as adjusting the font size or enabling line numbers, don’t seem to work yet. So a little more patience seems to be necessary.

I’ll definitely keep an eye on this one :)

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[Case Study] Open source geological mapping with British Geological Survey

British Geological Survey modernizes field mapping with QGIS and Mergin Maps, enabling flexible, open-source geological data capture and collaboration.
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QField at FOSS4G 2025 Auckland

Throughout the week, in workshops, presentations, and project showcases, a consistent theme emerged: QField is not just “the mobile companion to QGIS,” it is production infrastructure for complete field-to-cloud-to-desktop workflows.

It was incredible to see how present QField was throughout FOSS4G 2025 in Auckland. With around 20 presentations and workshops featuring QField, the conference showcased a wide range of real-world, production-grade use cases across many sectors.

What stood out was not just the number of talks, but how consistently QField was presented as a trusted, operational tool rather than an experiment.

The QField Ecosystem in Practice

QGIS Desktop for project design, analysis, and quality assurance QField for field capture, with offline-first capabilities when connectivity is limited QFieldCloud for real-time synchronization, team coordination, and project management Plugins and APIs for integration into broader organizational systems

This ecosystem approach transforms field data collection from an isolated task into an integrated workflow. It’s the difference between “collecting points” and “running a programme.”

QField Day: A Community Deep Dive

QField Day at FOSS4G 2025 Auckland
QField Day brought together practitioners, developers, and decision-makers

Early in the conference, QField Day brought together practitioners, developers, and decision-makers for a focused exploration of the platform’s capabilities. The day emphasized practical implementation—what’s possible now, and what organizations are already achieving in production environments.

Workshops

Complete Lifecycle Management

The QField & QFieldCloud workshop covered the full data collection cycle: project setup in QGIS Desktop, field deployment with QField, synchronization through QFieldCloud, and integration back into desktop workflows for analysis and quality control. Participants worked through the entire pipeline, from initial design to final deliverables.

QField & QFieldCloud workshop
Participants worked through the entire pipeline from design to final deliverables

Field-to-Analysis Integration

One workshop demonstrated the speed of modern field-to-cloud-to-analysis workflows by using Auckland itself as a live laboratory. Participants collected ground truth data with QField, then fed it directly into machine learning workflows running in Digital Earth Pacific’s Jupyter environment.

Plugin Development

For developers, the plugin authoring workshop signaled platform maturity. QField’s plugin framework—built on QML and JavaScript—enables organizations to extend core functionality for specific operational requirements. Custom forms, specialized integrations, and domain-specific interfaces can be developed to address the edge cases that real field programmes encounter.

Operational Workflows: Digital Earth Pacific

Production Deployments

Conservation Operations

Zero Invasive Predators fieldwork
QField and QFieldCloud integrated into conservation operations across New Zealand

Zero Invasive Predators showed QField and QFieldCloud integrated into operational fieldwork for predator eradication programmes across New Zealand. Planning happens in QGIS, capture in QField, and coordination through QFieldCloud—enabling systematic management of conservation campaigns across remote terrain.

Government-Scale Implementation

Finland National Land Survey
Finland’s National Land Survey using QField for national topographic data production

Finland’s National Land Survey presented their use of QField as part of national topographic data production infrastructure, deployed alongside QGIS and PostGIS. This represents enterprise validation: a national mapping agency selecting QField for production topographic surveying.

Precision Agriculture

Smart vineyards with QGIS & QField demonstrated advanced symbology, map themes, and structured capture workflows supporting precision agriculture operations—showing that the platform handles the level of detail and complexity that professional workflows require.

Developer Infrastructure and Sustainability

  • QFieldCloud API — programmatic integration for organizations with existing systems, enabling automation, custom integrations, and connection to enterprise infrastructure
  • Who Pays Your Bills? — a transparent discussion of sustainable open-source business models
  • [Re]discover QField[Cloud] — platform maturity often manifests as steady capability growth driven by real field workflows

Context: Open Tools for Public Good

Looking Forward

QField booth at FOSS4G 2025
The QField booth — caps gone within half a day!

FOSS4G 2025 Auckland was all about the conversations, and our small booth quickly became a popular meeting point — the QField caps were gone within half a day. We demonstrated the tight integration of Happy Mini Q GNSS with QField, showing how sub-centimeter positioning can be used seamlessly in real field workflows. The booth also featured EGENIOUSS, an EU project where QField complements GNSS with visual localisation for accurate positioning in challenging environments like urban canyons.

Thank you to everyone who shared your workflows, challenges, and stories — whether in presentations, workshops, or over coffee. These conversations remind us that we’re building tools for real people doing important work, and that’s what keeps this community moving forward together.

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Perché in QGIS manca la funzione Fattoriale

Perché in QGIS manca la funzione Fattoriale

Introduzione

Vi siete mai chiesti perché QGIS, pur avendo un ricchissimo set di funzioni matematiche nel calcolatore di campi, non include la funzione fattoriale? In questo articolo esploreremo le ragioni di questa assenza e scopriremo come implementare facilmente questa funzione quando necessario.

!!! Abstract "La funzione Fattoriale" Il fattoriale di un numero naturale n (indicato con n!) è il prodotto di tutti i numeri interi positivi minori o uguali a n. Ad esempio: 5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 120

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Le Qalendrier Geotribu de Décembre 2025

Une retrospective sur les posts du Qalendrier de l'Avent 2025 de Geotribu, histoire d'amorcer en douceur la transition vers QGIS 4.
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世界は本当にQGISを愛している…のか - QGIS LAB by MIERUNE

はじめにあなたがこれを読んでいるこの瞬間も、世界の誰かがQGISとさまざまな地域を探検しているのだろう。2007年にわたしがはじめてみたQGIS(Quantum GIS)0.8は、まだまだ発展途上で、日本語データが入ったShapefileを開くと、まるで牡蠣に当たったかのようにクラッシュする不安定さがあった。 そのころのわたしとえいえばまだ”オープンソース”や”FOSS4G”なんて2ピコバイトも知...
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Revue de presse du 19 décembre 2025

Une GeoRDP avec des hackathons nature, des surveys GDAL, des groupes d'utilisateurs QGIS régionaux qui s'organisent, des docus Arte à ne pas manquer, ainsi qu'un peu de géo-mytho(logie) pour finir l'année.
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