The PostgreSQL Connection Service File pg_service.conf has existed for quite some time and maybe you have already used it sometimes. We love it, and that is why we built the new QGIS plugin PG service parser hashtag#QGIS plugin.
Read more about pg_service usages and the new plugin on our latest blogpost
Das QGIS swiss locator Plugin erleichtert in der Schweiz vielen Anwendern das Leben dadurch, dass es die umfangreichen Geodaten von swisstopo und opendata.swiss zugänglich macht. Darunter ein breites Angebot an GIS Layern, aber auch Objektinformationen und eine Ortsnamensuche. Dank eines Förderprojektes der Anwendergruppe Schweiz durfte OPENGIS.ch ihr Plugin um eine Read more…
This blog post is about QGIS relations and how they are edited in the attribute form with widgets in general, as well as some plugins that override the relations editor widget to improve usability and solve specific use cases. The start is quite basic. If you are already a relation Read more…
The fully integrated Data Validator, which allows validating your data directly in QGIS against their INTERLIS model, exists for almost a year now. After lots of user feedback and some investments, it’s now shinier than ever. Time for an update and a little step-by-step guide. Why is it so awesome? Read more…
Den QGIS Model Baker gibt’s ja schon lange. Vor mehr als vier Jahren kam die Version 1.0.0 heraus – damals noch unter dem Namen QGIS Project Generator. Seither ist viel geschehen. Und speziell in diesem Jahr ist viel betreffend Benutzbarkeit gegangen. Der UsabILIty Hub ist integriert, Baskets und Datasets werden Read more…
Lately I’ve been spending time porting a bigger plugin from QGIS 2.8 to 3 while maintaining 2.8 compatibility. You can find it at https://github.com/opengisch/qgis2compat/ and https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/qgis2compat/ One code to rule them all. My target was to have to edit the source code as little as possible to simulate a lazy Read more…
Just for the sake of documenting things, when running qgis 2to3 on a plugin I encountered a tricky situation regarding signals. MYQGISDIR/scripts/2to3 -f signals -w my/plugin/path The original code: extra_arg = “my test argument” QObject.connect( action, SIGNAL( “triggered()”), lambda extra_arg=my_arg: show_extra_arg(extra_arg)) def do_load_project(extra_arg): print extra_arg # “my test argument” The Read more…
Here an example on how to work with threads in a consistent and clean manner in QGIS python plugins
Processing just got a new testing framework to improve the long-term stability of this important plugin. And you can help to improve it, even if you are not a software developer! This is yet another piece in our never-stopping crusade to improve the stability and quality of the best desktop GIS on Read more…
This post discusses how to improve the performance of pyqgis code which updates a lot of features by a factor of more than 10.