⭕ COGO in #QField: Map features you can't reach. Two reference points + radii = QField calculates the intersection. Two candidate points. You pick the right one. Perfect for field centres & inaccessible survey points. 🗺️ #QGIS #GIS #Survey

Not all Easter eggs are made of chocolate. Some are hidden in QField. 👀🦄

🎉 Exciting news — Maptastic is now a QField partner! UK ecology & environment specialists delivering QGIS training and QField workflows to those who need it most. Founder Claire brings 10+ years of sector expertise. Big welcome! 👏 #QField #QGIS #Ecology #Maptastic

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. We know change is hard. We believe in you. One format. One future.

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.

📏 COGO in QField: Point by Distance & Angle Specify bearing + distance from a reference point. QField shows a live visual line to the calculated position. Perfect for infrastructure offsets: pipes, cables, boundaries. buff.ly/ygoY5fy #QField #QGIS

QField's first release of the year comes packed with new features and improvements. 3D terrain view, COGO tools for land surveyors, and background tracking on iOS are the highlights. 👉 buff.ly/8iWjr1c

The map just got a third dimension. QField 4.1 brings a full 3D map canvas - terrain elevations, GNSS overlay, and live tracking lines. Works with Mapzen Global Terrain or your custom QGIS project terrain. Field work just got more immersive. buff.ly/23znDCH

FOSSGIS 2026 survival kit: ✅ Ticket booked ✅ Hotel sorted ✅ QField conference map loaded (buff.ly/BVJLeNs) ✅ OSRM routing plugin enabled (Settings → General → Manage Plugins — you'll thank us) ❓ Sleep: TBD Remember "The journey to FOSSGIS begins with a single coordinate pair"

🎉 Meet FeelGood GeoSolutions from Germany! 🇩🇪 Their philosophy: "Work Smarter - Not Harder." QFieldCloud installations, custom plugins, and precision GNSS - making geodata workflows seamless so teams focus on insights, not technology struggles.

✨ Team Spotlight: Meet Guilhem! 🌍⚡ Our Geo Maestro, deploying with attitude and armed with his secret move: Q-GITSU 🥷 From Django to PostGIS to QFieldCloud — if it's in the geo stack, Guilhem's got it covered. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single coordinate pair." #QField

🗺️ 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! 👋

QField 4.1 will be even better for vehicle-based mapping 🚗 New: Map canvas follows your actual MOVEMENT direction (not just compass heading) → Way more stable than compass → Perfect for road surveys & mobile collection → Easy toggle in settings Game changer for teams mapping on the move!

🗺️ We're heading to FOSSGIS 2026 in Göttingen, Germany (March 25–28) and we're proud to be one of the major sponsors of this year's conference! Will you be there? Drop a 👋 below — we'd love to connect in person! #FOSSGIS2026

QField 4.1 now shows live QFieldCloud server status right inside the app. 🟠 Maintenance, incidents, degraded states: you'll see it the moment it happens. Tap ? to jump straight to the status page. Works on app.qfield.cloud, dedicated & on-premise instances. 👉 status.qfield.cloud

Last night's #QField partner event was 🔥 Great turnout, great questions ... and we got a sneak peek at upcoming 3D features Let's just say... the field is about to look very different. 👀

Welcome to the #QField Partner Programme, COFT! 🎉🇱🇺 Experts in GIS for urban planning 🗺️🏙️ Mobile data collection (QGIS/QField) 📱 Automated reports ⚙️📊 Interactive maps 🧭✨ ... and feasibility & design 🏗️📐. Great to have you! 🤝

QField 4.1: The UX details that matter 🎯 ✨ Features list drawer = smarter sizing (no more wasted screen space) ✨ Auto-zoom to identified features now REMEMBERS your preference ✨ Enhanced by that smooth QField 4.0 jump animation Small changes that make daily fieldwork noticeably better

🔌 Big update for QField! Three powerful plugins just got better: ✅ GeoMapFish Search ✅ OSM Nominatim Search ✅ OSRM Routing (now with car, bike & pedestrian modes!) 🎯 Pre-configured endpoints + custom options 📍 Worldwide geocoding & smart routing Read more: buff.ly/n7CfaAO

🌟 Team Spotlight: Matthias Kuhn! "Simplicity is not the absence of data, but the presence of meaning" - words to code by from our CTO! This geography-loving, open-source champion turned his hobby into OPENGIS.ch. Full-stack skills + Swiss precision = geo magic ✨🇨🇭

QField 4.1 preview 👀 New expand/collapse button for legend groups = instant declutter for complex field projects QGIS desktop users will recognize this one, but we think the mobile UX is even better 😉

GeoNinjas spotlight! 🗺️ Meet Marco – Our resident Solutions Finder and CEO | Co-founder of OPENGIS.ch . He speaks more languages than most people have had coffees this morning, lives in the Swiss Alps, and is relentlessly optimistic.

Welcome to our newest certified partner! 🎉 Meet Gispo - GIS artisans based in Finland FOSS4G experts | Full service GIS house | QGIS • PostGIS • GeoServer Excited to have you in the QField family! 🌍 #QFieldPartners

TEAM SPOTLIGHT: Ivan Ivanov - keeping QFieldCloud running smoothly! 🗺️ QFieldCloud Product Owner & multitool extraordinaire! ⚡ Superpower: Multitool 🎯 Secret Move: GeoPackage Gator Sweep "Open data is like sunlight - it benefits all who receive it." ☀️

We’re excited to welcome IG group 🇨🇭 🤝 to the QField partner network! Expertise: 📡 QField survey interfaces 🛰️ Precision RTK surveying 🏛️ Swiss public administration GIS 🏗️ TEKSI infrastructure modules www.teksi.ch #QFieldPartners #QField #IGgroup #TEKSI

Meet the GeoNinjas! 🗺️ Who's behind your favorite open-source geospatial tools? We're introducing our team through collectible "GeoNinja" cards – showcasing their superpowers, bonus skills, and secret moves! Get ready to meet the humans powering the tech you love. 🃏✨

☢️🔬 QField is transforming nuclear site cleanup Environmental teams cleaning up radioactive contamination now get instant radiation readings synced with GPS 📍—doubling productivity 📈 and ensuring no areas are missed. ✅ "We never thought we could scan and sample within an hour." 💬 buff.ly/J5eGG1u

QField lets you average multiple GNSS fixes before a point is accepted In Settings → Positioning, enable Averaged positioning, set min fixes (e.g., 15), then press-and-hold Add Vertex—QField stores the average.

FOSS4G 2025 Auckland recap: QField is production infrastructure now. The pattern across deployments: QGIS Desktop → QField (offline) → QFieldCloud → Enterprise APIs Not "can this work?" anymore. It's "how do we optimize this workflow?" #FOSS4G2025 #QField #OpenSourceGIS buff.ly/Laf6wAt

New year, new feature! 🎉 Coming soon in QField 4.1 Coordinate geometry operations 📐 Distance/angle/elevation calculations, circle intersections, parameter-driven point addition. Define via vector layers, cursor snapping, or direct GNSS input. #QField

QField Advent Calendar - Day 24 🌟 Thank You! To everyone who has supported QField over the years - our users, contributors, partners, and sponsors - thank you! 2025 was incredible, and we're already planning features for 2026 that will make it even better. See you in the field!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 23 📍 Positioning Actions Pie Menu A brand new positioning actions pie menu has arrived in QField 4.0. Simply tap the location marker on the map canvas to reveal it. All your positioning controls in one convenient menu!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 22 🎯 Configurable Default Mode QField 4.0 is an improved the experience for newcomers. You can now set the default mode (browse or digitize) that QField opens in for each project. Configure it in QFieldSync's project properties panel.

QField Advent Calendar - Day 21 📖 Plugin API Documentation Site We launched a new site to help QField plugin authors: api.qfield.org Explore available properties and functions throughout QField. Everything plugin developers need to build amazing extensions!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 20 ✨ Virtual Layer Support Virtual layers are a hidden gem in QGIS. This year we unlocked support for them in QFieldCloud - for everyone. Free community account or paid subscription, virtual layers are now available to all!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 19 💬 QField Community Platform The QField community keeps growing. This year we launched a dedicated community platform where members can connect and help each other. Join the conversation - register and say hi! buff.ly/SC82ucr

QField 4.0 “Aare” marks a major usability milestone, making mobile field mapping more accessible than ever. With a streamlined project creation wizard, improved cloud workflows, and a leaner, clearer user interface, QField 4.0 unlocks a great spatia... buff.ly/KBQAhwv

QField Advent Calendar - Day 18 📋 Online Legend Support QField's legend has always been a standout feature. Now in QField 4.0, it fetches and displays online legends from WMS and ArcGIS Map services. Full context for your online layers, right in the app!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 17 📚 Documentation Improvements With QField's growth comes the need for better documentation. We've reorganized our docs site into clearer sections this year. Finding the answers you need just got easier!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 16 🎨 Refined User Interface QField 4.0 brought major UI refinements. The feature form's read mode has been completely redesigned for better readability and less visual clutter. Cleaner, clearer, easier to scan in the field!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 15 🎁 QField 4.0 Released! QField 4.0 is out and packed with new features! The new project creation wizard lets you build projects directly in QField and upload them instantly to QFieldCloud. QGIS know-how is no longer a barrier to getting started!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 14 📐 Forward Angle Snapping Early this year we refined angle snapping by adding "forward snapping" while digitizing polygons and lines. Create straight-angled buildings more easily in the field. No more wrestling with corners!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 13 ✏️ Improved Photo Annotation We spent some time making photo annotation in QField super responsive. If you previously experienced lag while annotating, give it another try - it's much smoother now!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 12 ☁️ QFieldCloud Storage Overhaul A complete rewrite of QFieldCloud's file storage this year unlocked major improvements. Faster speeds, resumable downloads for spotty connections, and support for files up to 20GB. Spatial data can be big - we're ready for it!

🎉 Exciting Partnership We're thrilled to welcome EBP to the QField partner network! EBP brings world-class expertise in: ✓ GIS & IT Consulting ✓ UX/UI Design ✓ Software Development ✓ Data Science ✓ Project Management #QField

QField Advent Calendar - Day 11 📋 XLSForm Converter Plugin This plugin converts XLSForm survey files (.xls, .xlsx, .ods) into fully formed QGIS projects ready to use in QField. The plugin can even auto-upload to QFieldCloud via QFieldSync. Field-ready projects in minutes!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 10 🔍 Feature Identification for Online Layers QField can now identify features in online raster layers from WMS and ArcGIS Map services, as well as vector tile layers. This works great with OpenStreetMap's breadcrumb vector tiles. Give it a try!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 9 💾 Tripled Cloud Storage! We heard our QFieldCloud users loud and clear with regards to subscription storage. We've tripled the storage capacity for the same monthly price. Same invoice, more storage!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 8 🔌 Plugin Framework Growth It's now easier than ever to expand QField's capabilities through a curated list of plugins directly within the QField plugin manager. Watch this space - this list of plugins will open up even further soon!

QField Advent Calendar - Day 7 📸 Customizable Photo Stamping You can now customize what gets "stamped" on photos taken in QField. Field names, coordinates, timestamps or a logo. Add information and branding and share photos straight from the field, no post-processing required.