QField
An open-source mobile GIS app for collecting and editing field data in QGIS projects.
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About QField
QField brings QGIS projects to a mobile device for field work. It shows maps with full QGIS symbology, high precision location, tracking and geofencing, and uses survey forms built in QGIS with constraints, logic, defaults and validation.
Field records can include photos, video, audio, QR codes and NFC scans. It supports GeoPackage, KML, GPX and georeferenced PDF, includes snapping and vertex editing tools, and can be extended with QML and JavaScript plugins. Projects and data can be synchronised through the QFieldCloud service.
Strengths
- Uses projects, styles and forms prepared in QGIS
- Captures photos, audio, video, QR codes and NFC in forms
- Supports GeoPackage, KML, GPX and georeferenced PDF
- Extensible with QML and JavaScript plugins
Limitations
- Projects are prepared in desktop QGIS first
- Real-time sync relies on the QFieldCloud service
Details
- Pricing
- FreeThe app is free and open source; QFieldCloud is a separate sync service.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Platforms
- Android, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Surveyors and GIS teams collecting data in the field with QGIS
- Categories
- Maps & navigation
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Mergin Maps
A mobile field data collection app that syncs QGIS projects between the office and the field.
Mergin Maps also collects field data for QGIS projects offline with automatic merging of edits, but is not open source and team use needs a plan.
Avenza Maps
A mobile map app that shows your position on georeferenced PDF and GeoTIFF maps without internet.
Avenza Maps shows your position on georeferenced PDF and GeoTIFF maps offline with field data collection, without QGIS project integration, and is closed source.
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