Groundwork
The people who know the ground keep your organisation’s map up to date.
Out on the ground, rangers, planners and engineers see what the map doesn’t yet show. Groundwork makes each of them a custodian of the data they know. You publish the map straight from QGIS. They open it from a link and keep it accurate.
Trust the people who know the ground to update the map
Desktop GIS is too much to ask of busy field staff, so the map falls behind. Groundwork lets field staff update the layers your GIS team publishes from QGIS.
From QGIS to the field
There is no server to stand up. Groundwork reads your QGIS project straight from a Dropbox or OneDrive folder. Your staff see the map the way your GIS team set it up.
Configure in QGIS
Set up the project and choose the layers to open for editing. Groundwork displays the layers using your QGIS styling and settings.
Send your team a link
Open your data in Groundwork, set up what your team should see, then send them a link. Set the map's Sharing to Sign in to edit to give everyone who opens it the editing tools.
Custodians keep the map up to date
The people you trust with each dataset click the link, sign in, and update the map.
Made for domain experts, not GIS technicians
A focused workflow
When you open a map, the data you look after is on screen. Select a feature to see all its details and the actions you can take on it.
Edits are saved straight to your live data
Share a cloud folder privately with each editor and give them edit access. Set the map's Sharing to Sign in to edit, and Groundwork saves each change straight to the folder. Saving to OneDrive is coming soon.
Your data is in open formats
Groundwork reads and saves GeoJSON files and WFS layers, which both use open standards. It also opens your QGIS projects directly.
You decide who can open a map
Anyone who can open the folder behind a map can open the map, and nobody else can. Groundwork has no permissions of its own to set up, so there is nothing to update when someone leaves.
See everything Groundwork can do → · Where your data is stored →
Every dataset needs a custodian
A custodian is the person who knows a dataset best and is trusted to keep it right. If you look after the trees, the tree register should be yours to update, and in Groundwork it is.
Asset and infrastructure defects
Engineers and maintenance crews log trip hazards on footpaths, and damage to signs, drainage pits and playground equipment.
Parks, trees and open space
Arborists and parks officers keep tree registers current, and record new plantings, removals and reserve condition.
Environmental monitoring
Environmental officers and scientists map weed and pest infestations, revegetation sites and watercourse health.
Planning and development
On site visits, planners record development-application sites, heritage notes and zoning notes.
Public health and compliance
Environmental health and local-laws officers capture food-premises and pool-barrier checks, septic systems and abandoned vehicles.
Emergency management
Emergency-management officers keep flood markers, fire-hazard sites, sandbag points and evacuation centres up to date.
What it means for your organisation
More gets done
Field staff record a change when they see it, from a phone on site or at their desk.
Less double-handling
Groundwork saves each change straight to the files your QGIS project reads.
Nothing to install
Staff open the map from a link in their browser, with no Groundwork account to create.
Fewer specialist licences
Keep desktop GIS licences for the specialists who need them.
Managers decide with current data
Everyone who opens the map sees each saved change.
Plans
Teams
Per organisation, on enquiry
Maps from your organisation's OneDrive, open only to the people it already lets in. Setup, support and a service level agreement.
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