QGISServer and Web Client

http://www.sourcepole.com/
http://gis.uster.ch/
Dr. Marco Hugentobler, Sourcepole AG
Twitter: @sourcepole
Andreas Neumann, City of Uster
Twitter: @GISUster

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Why yet another OWSServer?

>Easier configuration
>Exactly the same look as QGIS Desktop
>Re-Use existing QGISDesktop projects for
publication on the Web and as OWS services
>Use the powerful symbology and labeling
features of QGIS
>Reuse many settings from QGISDesktop
>Web based printing out of the box
>Benefit from the dynamics of the QGIS
desktop project
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What is QGIS server?

>Standard compliant WMS server
>WMS extensions for QGISweb client
>WFS server
>Configuration in the QGISproject and layer
settings

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Technical Background
>Works with Apache server
>FastCGI application
>Uses the QGIS core libraries
>Configuration read from .qgs project files
or alternatively from SLD
>Caching for project and layer settings
>Requires X-Server only for special
symbology features

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OWS Project Configuration - Metadata

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Exclude layers and composers

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Selectively publish attributes for WMS/WFS

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Configure layers for WFS publication

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Additional honored QGISDesktop settings

Layer identifyability
and display field

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Available WMS Commands

>GetCapabilities
>GetMap
>GetFeatureInfo (with extensions)
>GetLegendGraphics (with extensions)
>GetProjectSettings (extended
GetCapabilities)
>GetPrint (proprietary)

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Sample GetPrint command

http://myserver.com/qgis_mapserv.fcgi?
SERVICE=WMS
&REQUEST=GetPrint
&TEMPLATE=A4Portrait
&DPI=300
&maptitle=My%20Home
&map0:Extent=696055.2,245996.2,696152.7,246122.7
&map0:rotation=45
&map0:scale=500

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Additional GetLegendGraphic params

SYMBOLWIDTH

width of the symbol preview (mm)

SYMBOLHEIGHT

height of the symbol preview (mm)

BOXSPACE

space between legend frame and content (mm)

LAYERSPACE

vertical space between layers (mm)

LAYERTITLESPACE

vertical space between layer title and following items (mm)

SYMBOLSPACE

vertical space between symbol and following item (mm)

ICONLABELSPACE

horizontal space between symbol and label text (mm)

LAYERFONTFAMILY / font family for layer title / item text

ITEMFONTFAMILY
LAYERFONTBOLD /
ITEMFONTBOLD

'TRUE' to use a bold font

LAYERFONTSIZE /
ITEMFONTSIZE

Font size in points

LAYERFONTITALIC / TRUE' to use italic font

ITEMFONTITALIC '
LAYERFONTCOLOR / Hex color code (e.g. #FF0000 for red)
ITEMFONTCOLOR
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Future plans for QGISServer

>Export Widget/Form information
>Cascaded GetFeatureInfo support
>Geodata shop functionality download original
data of user-defined extent
>Printing enhancements: print of
redlining/annotation content, print custom
overlay/base-map layers
>Exposes serial print / data sheet functionality
for reporting

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QGIS Web Client Motivation

Goal is to build a
>Easy to use and user friendly webgis client
>That tightly integrates with QGISserver
>Built on top of standard webgis
components:OpenLayers, ExtJS, GeoExt
>Easy to configure and update

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QGIS Web Client Features

>Map display with navigation
>Layer control with reordering and transparency
>Legend and metadata window
>Print tool using the QGIS desktop print layouts
>Attribute data display
>Theme choice
>Measure tools
>Search
>Permalink
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QGIS Web Client User Interface

Navigation

Map tools

Search

Map theme changer

Overview
map

Layer
Manager

Legend and
and Metadata
Window

Map Area

Layer
Order
and
Opacity
Status bar
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QGIS Web Client Printing

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QGIS Web Client Printing

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QGIS Web Theme Switcher

Searchable graphical
list of themes with
hierarchy (topics)
Search in title and tags
Configuration in
JSON file for project
listing with metadata

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Attribute data display

Mouseover tooltips
with QGIS display
field (can contain
HTML code)
Moves along with
the mouse
No way to interact
with the content

Click tooltips display all visible

attributes
Stays open until user closes it or clicks
on different object
Can contain interactive content
Users can scroll in tooltip
Can contain interactive HTML content
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Search
Search in different searchtables
simultaneously
Search results ordered by priority
Substring search
Search results while typing
Requires PostgreSQL and Python

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Search
Search in different searchtables
simultaneously
Search results ordered by priority
Substring search
Search results while typing
Requires PostgreSQL and Python

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Legend and Metadata window

Legend and metadata derived from GetCapabilities

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QGIS Web Client Planned Features

>Redlining
>User-defined Overlay and BaseMap Layers
>High-dpi raster data export
>Vector data export (dxf, shape)
>Better widget and forms support
>Simple editing through WFS-T

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QGIS Mobile Web Client

>Developed with
OpenLayers 3 and Jquery
Mobile
>Developed by Sourcepole
and financed by Glarus,
Winterthur, Zrich
>http://mobile.geo.gl.ch/

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QGIS Mobile Web Client Features

>Map display
>Navigation with pinch zoom and rotation
>Theme change
>Layer control (order and transparency)
>Attribute display
>Compass
>GPS Centering
>Settings

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Theme Changer and Layers

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Attribute data and search

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Settings

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Thanks to the developers

QGISServer

QGIS(Mobile)WebClient

>Marco Hugentobler

>Giovanni Allegri

>Ren Luc d'Hont

>Otto Dassau

>Stephane Brunner

>Lars Linger
>Pirmin Kalberer
>Andreas Neumann
>Niccolo Rigazzi
>Bernhard Strbl
>Tim Sutton
>Matthias Walker
>All the translators (9 languages)!

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Thank you!

http://gis.uster.ch/
http://map.geo.gl.ch/
http://mobile.geo.gl.ch/

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