Straight from QGIS

The project is the configuration

Groundwork uses what you set up in QGIS Desktop, including:

• Symbology
• Field aliases
• Display fields
• Draw order
• Saved view

See every QGIS setting that Groundwork reads, and what to use in place of the rest, in the QGIS compatibility list.

Publish to a folder

Save the project and its GeoJSON layers to a Dropbox or OneDrive folder, then connect Groundwork to that folder. Dropbox maps are free, and maps from OneDrive are part of the Teams plan. There is nothing else to install.

The handover is a link

Set the map up in Groundwork and send your staff a link. They can start work straight away, and they don't need to know anything on this page. See what they can do on the Features page.

Groundwork saves edits to your folder

On a Dropbox folder, Groundwork writes each edit straight to the layer's GeoJSON file. For saves to work, share the folder privately with each editor and give them edit access. Then set the map's Sharing to Sign in to edit. Colleagues with the map open see the change within seconds. Dropbox keeps each save in the file's version history. Saving to OneDrive is coming soon. Read what happens when two people save the same layer on Conflict detection and resolution.

Already publishing with QGIS Server or WFS?

Groundwork also connects to live WFS servers, including QGIS Server. Where the server accepts WFS-T, Groundwork saves edits straight to it. Saving edits to a WFS server is part of the Teams plan. Read about the stack underneath on the Technology page.