maracarolinarojas / qrealtime

This is a QGIS plugin which enables automatic survey form creation from GIS layers and uploading to ODK aggregate server. User can import existing data into GIS layers or enable sync with regular interval.

Welcome to QRealTime plugin

QRealTime Plugin allows you to:

• Create new survey form directly from GIS layers in QGIS
• Synchronise data from ODK Aggregate server
• Import data from ODK Aggregate server

Getting Started

Installation

Prerequisites:

• QGIS installed

Installation steps:

1. Open Plugin Manager and search for QRealTime plugin and install it.
2. And restart QGIS so that changes in environment take effect.
3. If after restarting QGIS still there is problem related to PyXForm then manually install pyxform library to python3 by using following:
   3a. Open command prompt/terminal and go to installation directory of QGIS.
   3b. Run osgeo4w.bat
   3c. Run py3_env
   3d. Run following:
      - Windows: python3 -m pip install pyxform --user.
      - MacOS: sudo pip3 install pyxform
   Note: If pip in not recognised (as in the case of QGIS 3.4) use easy_install instead.
   3e. And restart QGIS so that changes in environment take effect.

Configuration:

From the main menu choose Plugins --> QRealTime --> QRealTime Setting
Enter ODK aggregate url (required). Other fields are optional. Sync time is also required in case of data sync.
If you don't have ODK Aggregate server access, you can use demo server https://opendatakit.appspot.com or if you want to install your own aggregate server, then visit

Right click over any existing layer --> QRealTIme and choose desired option:
Make Online (To Create new form), import (to import data of existing form), sync(to automatically update your layer)
If you want to import data from already existing form (created without using our plugin) do ensure that the name of the geometry field is 'GEOMETRY','location' or 'gps. Other geometry field names are currently not supported.

QRealTime plugin is capable of converting QGIS layer into data collection form. To design a data collection form for humanitarian crisis, we have to create appropriate vector layer. For the demonstration purpose, you can create the shapefile with following fields:

If you are not sure how to create value map in QGIS, Visit this link
The following video demonstrates, how to use the QRealTime Plugin:
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