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🌿 QField is helping indigenous communities in Sarawak defend their land.
Sacred sites, burial grounds, hunting territories, knowledge no satellite can capture, mapped by the people who hold it.
Synced by cable. Used in court as legal evidence. Built in their own language. ⚖️
👀 Sneak peek: something smooth is coming in QField 4.2.
Kinetic map panning, swipe to pan, lift your fingers, and the map keeps gliding. The kind of UX polish that makes field navigation feel completely natural. Like Google Maps, but in your GIS workflow. ✨
A wonderful detail delivered by one of our talented developers. 🙌
More soon. Stay tuned.
New in QField 4.2
Wizard mode turns tabbed forms into a step-by-step survey: next/previous buttons, hard constraints, guidance widgets.
Friendlier UX. Toggle on in QGIS, no extra config.
Demo 👇
Funded by our friends at HOTOSM 💚
📸 Coming in QField 4.2: a gallery editor widget and it's been long requested!
Already have a parent/children relationship set up? QField automatically activates gallery mode. No extra configuration needed.
Image attachment? A snap button lets users take multiple photos in no time. Video or Audio? A matching record button appears🎬
🆕 in QField 4.2 — conditional row styling in the feature list. 🎨
Background color, text color, italic, underline, strikeout: all driven by the rule-based styling already attached to your vector layers in QGIS.
This is our favourite kind of enhancement ✨ long-standing QGIS power, now exposed in QField. If you've configured row styling to flag features as "done" ✅ or "needs review" 👀, you'll see those cues in the field automatically.
No reconfiguration! No extra work!
Not all Easter eggs are made of chocolate.
Some are hidden in QField. 👀🦄
🟢 Team Spotlight: Johnny Sequeira ⚡
Johnny doesn't just meet deadlines — he's immune to them.
🥷 GeoNinja. Open source. Nicaragua.
"To automate is to be free from the tyranny of the urgent."
⭕ COGO in #QField: Map features you can't reach on foot.
Define two reference points and a radius for each. QField calculates where the circles intersect — two candidates (A and B). You pick the right one.
Ideal for field centres, restricted areas, or features in difficult terrain. 🗺️
https://docs.qfield.org/how-to/advanced-how-tos/cogo-framework/
🎉 Exciting news — Maptastic is now a QField partner!
Specialising in ecology & environment, Maptastic delivers QGIS training, field data workflows, and QField implementation to those who need it most. Founder Claire Birnie brings over a decade of hands-on sector experience and a real passion for closing the GIS skills gap for small businesses and freelancers.
Big welcome to the community! 👏
We've listened to your feedback.
Starting with QField 4.2, we are dropping support for GeoPackage, GeoJSON, PostGIS, WFS, and all other formats to fully focus on delivering the best possible Shapefile experience.
SHP. DBF. PRJ. SHX. That's all you need.
We know change is hard. We believe in you.
📂 One format. One future.
🎉 Welcome Fichtner IT Consulting GmbH (FIT), to the QField Partner Programme! 🎉
• Germany-based (DE)
• Digital strategy + business consulting
• Tailored solutions + information logistics
• Workflow/process + geodata management optimization
• Spatial & enterprise IT apps for energy/infrastructure
🚨 QField feature alert 🚨
QField 4.2 brings a brand-new search & filter panel to the QFieldCloud projects screen. 🔍
Search by term or owner, use predefined shortcuts to jump straight to your own projects or your organisation's, and finally ... search and include public projects directly from the same panel. ✨
Dynamic org affiliations are fetched live from QFC and surfaced as filter shortcuts automatically.
The community tab is gone 👋
Introducing the XLSForm Converter QGIS plugin!
Convert your existing Excel-based XLSForm surveys into fully-configured QGIS projects ready for QField in seconds. The best part? One checkbox uploads everything to QFieldCloud for instant team collaboration.
✅ Convert .xls, .xlsx, or .ods files
✅ Auto-configured for QField
✅ One-click QFieldCloud deployment
✅ Ready for collaborative data collection
Read the full details and see it in action 👇
Born in the Swiss Alps, raised by open-source, and now roaming the globe, QField has gone international!
What started in Switzerland is now in the hands of field mappers, researchers, and GIS pros on six continents. Thank you for taking QField worldwide! 🌍
📣 1 MILLION DOWNLOADS! QField started as an open-source dream, now mapping in 150+ countries!
Thanks for making GIS nerds the unsung heroes of fieldwork everywhere. Here's to changing the world, one field at a time!
📐 COGO in #QField: Point by XY[Z]
Know the exact coordinates? Just enter them.
Choose your placement:
📍 Current GNSS position
🎯 Crosshair on the map canvas
🔵 A selected reference point
3D layers support elevation input too.
No need to stand on the spot to capture it accurately. ✅
https://docs.qfield.org/how-to/advanced-how-tos/cogo-framework/
🚀 From humble beginnings to over 1 million downloads, QField has officially gone from “little app that could” to “open-source overachiever.”
Thanks to the power of open source (and probably some caffeine).
Auf der FOSSGIS war die Begeisterung spürbar. Heather Hillers eine Pionierin im Bereich QField Plugins hat mit Ihrem Workshop tolle Arbeit geleistet und den Teilnehmenden, die auf eigene Faust Plugins entwickeln wollen, das notwendige Wissen an die Hand gegeben, um nun selbst durchzustarten.
Für alle, die nicht dabei sein konnten: Das Workshop-Material gibt’s hier:
https://heatherhillers.github.io/workshop_qfield_plugins_de/
📢 Join us for QField Day — a free half-day event all about QField, QFieldCloud, and mobile #GIS — Right after #QGISUC2025
🗓 June 4, 2025
📍 Norrköping, Sweden
Expect live demos, field mapping workflows, user talks, #openource geonerd energy and many insights from the product team.
🔗 Register now: https://forms.clickup.com/2192114/f/22wqj-51475/DPJ8AR2Y6RJ9EPVUUF
#QFieldDay #QField #QFieldCloud #OpenSourceGIS #QGIS #fieldwork #dataisoutside
🗺️ QField’s passport is full!
🌍 We’re blown away by how far our geospatial tool has travelled: from mountaintops to city blocks, you’re mapping it all.
Our amazing global user community is making QField a true #DigitalPublicGood. A map made in heaven! 💚
📱 QField goes wherever you do. Android? Check. iOS? Check. Desktop? Check.
If it has a screen, we’re probably on it. Collect GIS data anywhere, anytime.
🗺️ We're heading to FOSSGIS 2026 in Göttingen (March 25–28) and we're excited to be part of it. 🎉
📱 Scan the QR code in the video to explore the venue with QField: find conferences, read about your favorite speakers, discover nearby cafés, and capture memories along the way.
See you there! 👋
#FOSSGIS2026
Welcome Maptransfer to the QField Partner Programme! 🎉
Specialists in Open Source GIS training (QGIS, PostGIS, QField), plus consulting & EU-based hosting to power your geospatial infrastructure.
💾 Coming in QField 4.2: a storage meter for QFieldCloud.
Always know how much storage you've used and how much is left, right inside QField. Running low? Tap the meter and you land straight on your subscription page to upgrade or make some space.
A thoughtful detail for community users with growing projects.
Team Spotlight 🌟 Meet Mathieu Pellerin
QField lead dev, QGIS core contributor, FOSS4G regular, and living proof that "the great ones play it during their time off."
Fruitful Insomnia isn't just his secret move, it's a lifestyle. 🙌
iOS users - you've been patient, and it's paid off.
Background tracking is now live in QField for iOS. Keep collecting position data even when QField isn't in the foreground. Lock your screen, switch apps, pocket your phone mid-traverse - your track keeps recording.
The feature iOS users have been asking for is finally here in 4.1.
