Hi Leo, QGIS is far from being optimal for mobile solutions currently. I hope this can be improved with future versions. There is an effort going on for QGIS an Android. See http://android.qgis.org/ and http://android.qgis.org/download/qgis-for-android.pdf
Personally - if you do a lot of data input (esp. with text) - I would use a small laptop or notebook - not a tablet. The virtual keyboards are way inferior to physical keyboards. The other thing is that QGIS desktop UI is not yet optimized for touch usage. It may work - sort of - but is certainly not a good user experience. If you deal primarily with point data and want to use a phone/table - you may want to have a look at Nextgis mobile - see the email thread starting here: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2013-July/023123.html - it will collaborate with QGIS and is more user-friendly and light-weight. Don't get me wrong - I hope that QGIS improves in mobile space - and work has already started. And I would appreciate if more people/organizations would put work or financial resources into improving it. But if you look for a good and quick solution now - you will probably be disappointed. ------ To answer some of your other questions: You can also attach a form to non-geometry table. You can then open the form by right-clicking a row in the attribute table - again - this may be a bad experience on a touch-device, where the rows in the table may be too small and you would probably have to long-click as there is no right-click. BTW: why do you have the impression that only Windows tablets would work? You can also use Linux/Ubuntu based tablets or Android tablets. The Android version still needs some further improvements/testing. Panasonic does good outdoor tablets: http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughpad/us/best-android-rugged-tablet-overview.asp Hope this helps. I would love to see the mobile input improved in QGIS. Andreas Am 19.07.2013 03:32, schrieb Leo Kris Palao: > Dear QGIS Users, > > I am exploring the synergy of QGIS and QT on a tablet for field work and > field validation activities. I learn this functionality from Nathan > Woodrow. As I understand, I need QGIS-dev and QT-dev packages to facilitate > the integration of QT forms in QGIS. This require the use of OSGeo4W > installer to install the packages, hence this makes Windows-based tablets > appropriate to use. > > Right now, the only way to use the QT designer in QGIS is to have a vector > point layer in which the fields are linked to the widgets in the QT form. > In this case, for QT form to work (*pop-up in the map*) a user should > digitize a point in the map canvass. Is there a way to use the GPS > location/coordinates (*like mark waypoint in GPS*) instead of digitizing my > points? For instance, I can use the current GPS location instead of > manually digitizing my points. Or it can be the other way around, where I > have an existing point layer and when you select on a specific point > feature in the map canvass the QT forms will pop-up and populate or update > the attribute information of that point. Does this makes sense? > > By the way (if it is okay), can anybody recommend a good windows-based > tablet (that can support QGIS and QT, longer battery life, and with minimal > glare when used outdoors)? > > Thank you. > -Leo > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
