QOD September 2023 - qgis/QGIS GitHub Wiki
Welcome to the September 2023 QOD sessions.
Simply watch the Youtube Livestream and comment on the day, or catch the recording if you can't make the live session.
To keep up to date with QGIS Open Day events, please join the Telegram channel or our Revolt channel.
Virtual events will be taking place online (see links below) and in the links shared in the telegram group, all events are live-streamed on YouTube. See the individual event descriptions below for an indication of where to join each event.
QGISOpenDay 29 September 2023
| No | Title | Time | Speaker | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explore the newly developed Cesium 3D Tiles for QGIS - Cesium Ecosystem Grant | 10H00 UTC | Nyall Dawson & Martin Dobias | Australia/Slovakia | English |
| 2 | The Proxy Handler plugin | 11H00 UTC | Dror Bogin | Israel | English |
| 3 | Enhancing Health services in Underserved Area of Afghanistan Using QGIS/ArcGIS Softwares | 12H30 UTC | Abdul Malik Yousafzai | Afghanistan | English |
The presentation "Publish a QGIS project on the web (Lizmap, with a preview of new features coming)" has been postponed. Sorry for the inconvenience.
| No | Name | Role | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy | Session planning and speaker coordination | Contact Amy via the Telegram Channel username @Amz |
| 2 | Seabilwe | Social Media | Contact Seabilwe via the Telegram Channel username @Seabilwe |
| 3 | Victoria | Support | Contact Victoria via Telegram Channel username @Victoria Neema |
| 4 | Luna | Session planning and speaker coordination | Contact Luna via the Telegram Channel username @Luna Asefaw |
Time: 29 September 2023 10h00 UTC.
Duration: ~40 min
Venue: YouTube Link, Jitsi link
Presenters: Nyall Dawson, Martin Dobias
Description: Presenters Nyall Dawson and Martin Dobias have created a new QGIS layer type for 3D scenes, allowing for direct access to Cesium 3D tile sources alongside the other supported geospatial layer types within QGIS. It includes visualisation of the scenes in both 3D and 2D map views. This fulfills a critical need for QGIS users, permitting access to 3d data provided by their respective government agencies to work alongside all their other standard geospatial layers (vector, raster, point clouds). By making 3D Tiles a first class citizen in QGIS we help strengthen the case that those agencies should be providing their data in the Cesium format (as opposed to any proprietary alternatives).
This development was funded by the Cesium Ecosystem Grant and is a collaborative project between North Road Consulting (AUS) and Lutra Consulting (UK).
Check North Road's blog for background information.
Time: 29 September 2023 11h00.
Duration: ~30 min
Venue: YouTube Link, Jitsi link
Presenters: Dror Bogin
Description: The Proxy Handler plugin is used for adding a prefix proxy to specific URLs, i.e. their addresses are built in the following way:
[https://proxy.server.url/proxy]?[https://the.service.you/need/probably/arcgis/rest/services]?[url_params=their values]
This is needed because QGIS allows setting a global proxy, but not a prefix proxy, and not for specific URLs. For Layers that need other URL parameters (like OGC WMS/WFS/etc. or ArcGIS REST), the question mark (?) in the middle of the URL causes QGIS to drop the necessary second question mark and construct the other URL parameters poorly.
Time: 29 September 2023 12h30.
Duration: ~30 min
Venue: YouTube Link, Jitsi link
Presenters: Abdul Malik Yousafzai
Description: Identify the white area eligible for establishing new Health Facilities and rationalize the current functional Health Facilities, Which will help future planning using QGIS and ArcGIS tools. Note : Currently we are implementing a project on identify the white area means:
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Underserved/white area: Locations that are beyond one-hour walking distance or more than 5 KM from the nearest public health facility and are currently not served by any public health facility.
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Underserved hard to reach area: It refers to the areas/settlements located beyond two hours walking distance or 10 KM from the nearest static public health facility with asphalted roads.
You can do this too! We really encourage others to follow our initiative, using the wiki page link below to organise your plans (just add a section below the last one). You can host virtual meetups in the Jitsi room, plan your next steps to take QGIS further down the road to world domination and much much more. We encourage language and region-specific huddles, documentation improvement sessions, bug fixing, making beautiful maps, and working together to do amazing things with QGIS.
We would really love to see more events offered from our country user groups and broader user base. The content can be at any skill level and in any language you like, and the times can overlap if needed. So please feel free to organise your activities on this wiki page. The QGIS Open Day is also an ideal time to hold virtual country user group meet-ups - please share your activities on the open day schedule, so that even people from outside of your country user group can benefit from your presentations. Contact me (see below) if you need help adding your events to the wiki page.
You can help us by spreading the word! We have prepared the following materials so that you may easily copy and paste the relevant contents to publish on your media platform of choice to let others know about these awesome events.
About QGIS Open Day
Dear QGIS Users
On Friday, 29th September 2023 we will be holding our monthly QGIS Open Day! What is a QGIS Open Day you may be wondering to yourself? It is an initiative to replace the wonderful community meetups we used to hold every six months when times were different. Like our in-person meetings, the event is organised on the principle of self-organisation and community participation.
Programme
- Session 1: Explore the newly developed Cesium 3D Tiles for QGIS (Cesium Ecosystem Grant), YouTube Link, Jitsi link
- Session 2: The Proxy Handler plugin,YouTube Link, Jitsi link
- Session 3: Enhancing Health services in Underserved Area of Afghanistan Using QGIS/ArcGIS Softwares, YouTube Link, Jitsi link
Where to watch
Please see the event wiki page at QOD-September-2023 Wiki for all the details of times and links for participation.
All the events are recorded and made available to users who couldn't make the live events. Youtube live streams are automatically available for catch-up viewing. Reviewing video links for individual events should work without a hitch, but you can also catch up on recordings from the QGIS Youtube channel:
Participants are kindly reminded to please read and observe our QGIS Code of Conduct and Diversity Statement to make these events a great experience for everyone!
Please contact the Lead QOD Event Organiser, Amy by email [email protected], or via the Telegram Channel username @Amz if you have any queries or need help setting up events.