Open GIS for the SDGs

QGIS and QField in Action

Reality

Vision

Our Commitment to

Sustainability

Democratisation in GIS

QField

Collect | collaborate | customise

  • 📍 Collect data — fast, accurate, offline
  • ☁️ Collaborate — sync seamlessly with QFieldCloud
  • 🛠️ Customise — forms, tools, plugins, your way
  • 🌍 Forests, cities, infrastructure, disaster zones, …

Why QField?

Built for fieldwork. Trusted worldwide.

  • ✅ Open source — no vendor lock-in
  • 🧩 Seamless QGIS integration
  • ⏱️ Saves time, fewer errors
  • ☁️ Online + offline sync with QFieldCloud
  • 📷 Richer data
  • 💼 Used by NGOs, cities, researchers, and industries

Standing on giants

Spatial without compromise

QGIS AT A GLANCE

  • 🌍 Used by millions worldwide — across cities, forests, disaster zones, farms, …
  • 💻 Runs on Linux, Windows, macOS — and Android, iOS via apps
  • 🗣️ Available in 100+ languages thanks to our global community
  • 🔁 Updated every 4 months with regular releases

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QGIS IS A DIGITAL PUBLIC GOOD

  • ✅ Officially recognized by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in 2025
  • 🎯 Meets DPG standards: open-source, privacy-respecting, inclusive, and aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • 🌱 Supports global causes: climate action, urban planning, disaster response, public health
  • 🧩 Strengthens QGIS’ role in international cooperation — especially with governments, NGOs, and educational institutions
  • 🙌 Reinforces our commitment to building digital infrastructure that’s open, accessible, and ethical

QGIS 4.0

is here

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COMMUNITY FIRST

What are the

highlights?

Smart Maps

High-precision mapping anywhere

  • 🗺️ Location tracking & geofencing
  • 📍 Full QGIS symbology on mobile
  • 🎯 Optimized for spatial field tasks

Powerful Forms

Complex logic, simple interface

  • 📝 Build in QGIS, no coding
  • ⚙️ Logic, constraints, defaults
  • ✅ Clean, validated field input

Capture Everything

Media-rich data collection

  • 📷 Photos & video
  • 🎙️ Audio notes
  • 🔍 QR codes & NFC scanning

Seamless Sync + Format Support

Connected workflows, open formats

  • 🔄 Sync with QFieldCloud
  • ☁️ Work offline & online
  • 📦 GPKG, KML, GPX, PDF, more

Editing & Processing Tools

True field editing power

  • ✏️ Snap, draw, reshape
  • 📐 Vertex editing
  • 🧮 Geometry ops in the field

Plugin Support

Customize QField your way

  • 🔌 QML & JavaScript plugins
  • 🛠️ Custom workflows
  • 🚀 Extend functionality as needed

CONVENIENCE, CONVENIENCE, CONVENIENCE

Easily migrate your XLSForms into QField projects with our new QGIS plugin

How does it

work?

Design project

in QGIS

Manage teams

with QFieldCloud

Get data

From QField

Publish data

With Georama/Geogirafe

Where does it

help?

Disaster recovery

TONGA 2022

HOTOSM

Field tasking manager

NATIONAL LAND SURVEY

FINLAND

KULTURRETTER

DAI

– Workflow to collect and manage data for the emergency rescue of cultural heritage

– Camera that includes geotagging (inc. compass), and details stamping

MONGA BAY

Online publication

– Tracking for own safety and to gather
evidence of enviromental destruction
within protected areas

– Free to use, no hidden strings

– low barrier of entry
(i.e. can open a georeferenced PDF)

COSTA RICA

NATIONAL WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT

- On-premise QFC

- Custom forms

Why do we

do it?

Because

It Matters Beyond Us

  • Technologically better
  • Open source is a real business opportunity with fantastic side-effects
  • Digital soveregnity
  • Public money → public code
  • Developers can make a living while staying open

Because

Be non-bandits

bandits

Because

Do good

QField maps everything

that matters to you

What data do you care about?

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