Real-Time GIS Survey App | QField DB Connection

Welcome to Part 3 of building a GIS mobile data collection app with QField and QGIS tutorial! This series is designed to help you build a useful and intuitive mobile application that will make capturing data simpler and more efficient. QGIS and QField allow you to collect and synchronize data while you’re out in the field, both off- and online. It provides early integration with your QGIS project.

Hello and welcome back, in this video, we are going to make your GIS mobile data collection app even more impressive by connecting it to a database with your phone. You can collect and sync data live from the field even when you have a weak network or even better no network. More specifically I will show you enable DB Connection feature in QFIELD and set up a database schema for our GIS survey app then set up Qfields to connect with your database.

At the end of this video, you will have a live GIS survey app that can be used to collect and synchronize data in real time to have an efficient data collection process. You will also be equipped with the skills and knowledge to overcome challenges and improve the performance of your app to work better and faster.

This tutorial is appropriate for GIS professionals, field workers, and surveyors who wish to collect field data and QGIS users who want to have a mobile data collection application. Mobile data collection with QField and QGIS will make the data collection processes easier, increase the quality and accuracy of data, and later lead to increased productivity.

In this video, you’ll learn to: set up the DB Connection feature in QField, build a database schema for your GIS survey app, configure QField to connect to your database, collect and sync data in real-time, and how avoid common mistakes and improve your workflow.

So, let’s construct a real-time GIS survey/fieldwork application that truly elevates your data collection experience.