Hi Joana, I think this would be a great addition to QGIS.
Big +1 from me, and thanks for the proposal. On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 1:49 PM, doublebyte <jo...@doublebyte.net> wrote: > Hello, > > Maybe some of you are aware of the "geopackage" plugin > <https://eos.geocat.net/gitlab/joana.simoes/foss4g_ > gpkg/blob/master/foss4g_gpkg.pdf> > .The initial goal of this plugin was to enable users to save their QGIS > projects, including style and associated resources > in a extended geopackage - the qgis geopackage extension > <https://github.com/pka/qgpkg/blob/master/qgis_geopackage_extension.md> > -, > and load it onto another QGIS installation; on this approach, the project > is > encoded as qgs, in a database table. Later the plugin was forked to support > a different geopackage exension - the owc geopackage extension > <https://github.com/pka/qgpkg/blob/master/owc_geopackage_extension.md> > - , > which is standards-based; in this approach > <https://www.geocat.net/announcing-the-extended-geopackage-qgis-plugin/> > , > the style is encoded as OGC:SLD and the project as OGC:OWS context. The > goal > of this approach is to support the migration of GIS projects, as we can > implement this extension in any desktop or server side GIS (e.g.: ArcGIS > Desktop). > > The fork was merged in August this year, and the latest release of the > plugin <https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/QgisGeopackage/> already > contains > both extensions, covering both use cases of porting QGIS projects and > migrating GIS projects. Recently, it was added support in the core to the > "qgis geopackage extension" > <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/src/providers/ogr/ > qgsogrprovider.cpp#L762> > , in the qgsogrprovider class. This means that if a user loads a geopackage > which was encoded using the "qgis geopackage extension", it will > automatically load the QGIS project from it. We think that it makes sense > to > also add the "ows geopackage extension" to the core; in that case, users > could load projects exported from other GIS software seamlessly, without > having to load the plugin. The mechanism would be very similar to what was > already implemented for the "qgis geopackage extension". > > Before preparing any Pull Request, we would like to understand first what > is > the general feeling of the community about this feature; is this something > which seems useful and interesting to add to the QGIS core? If yes, we > would > also appreciate any comments regarding any details the implementation. > > Looking forward to hearing your feedback :-) > > Joana > > > > -- > Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer- > f4099106.html > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -- Alessandro Pasotti w3: www.itopen.it
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