Hi Stéphane I strongly suggest to test QGIS3 where there are great improvement by Alessandro Pasotti for GPKG integration in qgis and browser (inside the single add layer panel/button).
regards Luigi Pirelli ************************************************************************************************** * Boundless QGIS Support/Development: lpirelli AT boundlessgeo DOT com * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli * Stackexchange: http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19667/luigi-pirelli * GitHub: https://github.com/luipir * Mastering QGIS 2nd Edition: * https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/mastering-qgis-second-edition ************************************************************************************************** On 28 September 2017 at 06:47, Stéphane Henriod <s...@henriod.info> wrote: > Dear all > > I am making a few tests with Geopackages and I have a short list of > behaviors or features that, IMO, would be quite nice to have in Qgis. But > I'd like to have feedback from some of you before moving ahead. Maybe the > majority disagrees with my opinion or maybe I have overlooked some already > existing features :-) > > [currently testing on 2.18.11] > > 1) Creating a Geopackage DB > > As far as I see, the only way to create a Geopackage DB in Qgis is to create > a new Geopackage layer. But there are cases where I don't want to create a > new layer. I only want to create an empty Geopackage, so that I can later, > e.g. import a bunch of shapefiles into it. > > Of course, I can create a geopackage layer and delete it later, but this is > not super intuitive for the users > > 2) Qgis browser > > It would also be very handy to be able to browse the content of a Geopackage > within the Qgis browser, so that we can drag-and-drop layers directly to the > project > > 3) Multi-export to Geopackage > > If I want to migrate a whole project from Shapefiles and Tiff files to a > single Geopackage DB, I would like to multi-select them and drag-and-drop > them into an existing Geopackage DB (or a Save all layers as... in the > contextual menu, when I select more than 1 layer) > > > Just curious if those needs / ideas resonate and / or if there are already > plans in these directions > > Thanks and cheers > Stéphane > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
