GEOPAPARAZZI STATE OF THE ART OF THE DIGITAL FIELD MAPPING APPLICATION - presentation given at the GFOSS-day in Padova 2019

1. GEOPAPARAZZI
STATE OF THE ART OF THE DIGITAL
FIELD MAPPING APPLICATION
Andrea Antonello, Silvia Franceschi
HydroloGIS s.r.l.
GFOSS-IT Padova
February 21th 2019

2. WHO AM I?
cofounder of
Contract professor in Advanced Geomatics at the
Charter Member and GFOSS advocate
develop and coordinate
develop and coordinate the
working on integration of the HortonMachine and
Geopaparazzi in gvSIG
HydroloGIS
Free
University of Bolzano
Osgeo
Geopaparazzi
HortonMachine project

3. IN HYDROLOGIS WE ARE ENGINEERS
AND DEVELOPERS, AND DO
SURVEYS…​ SOMETIMES ;-)

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THE RUGGED PANASONIC XPLORE
THE RUGGED PANASONIC XPLORE
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THE RUGGED PANASONIC XPLORE
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THE ULTRALIGHT ASUS
THE ULTRALIGHT ASUS
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THE TRIMBLE JUNO
THE TRIMBLE JUNO
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THE TRIMBLE JUNO
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THE TRIMBLE JUNO
THE TRIMBLE JUNO
……​​THE TRIMBLE JUNOTHE TRIMBLE JUNO

7. BUT NONE OF THEM TURNED OUT
RIGHT FOR US

8. AND THEN ANDROID CAME AND
MADE IT POSSIBLE TO EASILY
SURVEY IN PRACTICALLY…​

9. ANY CONDITION
ANY CONDITION
ANY CONDITION
ANY CONDITION
ANY CONDITION
ANY CONDITION
ANY CONDITIONANY CONDITION

10. AND I MEAN: ANY CONDITION
AND I MEAN: ANY CONDITION
AND I MEAN: ANY CONDITION
AND I MEAN: ANY CONDITION
AND I MEAN: ANY CONDITION
AND I MEAN: ANY CONDITION
AND I MEAN: ANY CONDITIONAND I MEAN: ANY CONDITION

11. WHAT IS GEOPAPARAZZI?
basically an engineering survey
tool but it can be used also for
emergency management, general
field activities (sport) and tourism
always at hand when needed
can collect georeferenced
pictures, notes and gps logs
easy to use and intuitive

12. BASE FUNCTIONALITIES
 Notes, images and gps logs are saved in the project
file.

13. SUPPORTED BASEMAPS
Mapsforge map files (vector, 1 nation in 500MB), MBtiles
databases, TMS online/offline, WMS, Rasterlite2 databases

14. OVERLAYS - SPATIALITE
Vector map overlays are in spatialite format. They can be
styled (color, width, etc) and there is support for unique
values thematic styling (readonly - SLD) for all feature types.

15. IMPORT / EXPORT
Geopaparazzi supports some simple import - export directly
from the device.
Complex notes (forms) can be exported to pdf.

16. GEOPAPARAZZI OFFICIAL TOOLS
The Hortonmachine project supplies the necessary tools to
work with geopaparazzi:
create the map background data as .mbtile (and style
them)
create the forms to use in the field
create a spatialite database with SLD styles
export the data contained in the project as shapefiles
browse geopaparazzi project files

17. GEOPAPARAZZI CONTRIBUTED
TOOLS
Both gvSIG and QGIS have plugins to work with
geopaparazzi.
the gvSIG plugins are avaliable in the gvSIG addons
repository and in the of the project
with updated documentation and an installation guide
QGIS has a plugin called: IOGeopaparazzi
github releases page

18. CONVERT TO GIS DATA
The spatialtoolbox has tools to convert gpap project to GIS
data, to create spatialite overlays with SLD style and to
create mbtiles databases.

19. All the collected info are stored as attributes also for form
based notes.

20. FORMS CREATOR
An userfriendly form creator makes it simple to create
complex forms.

21. PROJECT VIEWER
A project viewer allows for simple browsing of gpap projects:

22. SLD STYLER
A simple SLD styler (for spatialte + mbtiles):

23. DATABASE VIEWER
A simple db viewer (ex. to quickly check your mbtiles):

24. A FEW NOTES FOR DEVELOPERS
A FEW NOTES FOR DEVELOPERS
A FEW NOTES FOR DEVELOPERS
A FEW NOTES FOR DEVELOPERS
A FEW NOTES FOR DEVELOPERS
A FEW NOTES FOR DEVELOPERS
A FEW NOTES FOR DEVELOPERSA FEW NOTES FOR DEVELOPERS

25. BRANDING IS SIMPLE
In the last year work has been done to make the
geopaparazzi application more pluggable.
We are still in an early stage but some things can be done
already:
the application can be branded easily
through plugins we can add entries to the import/export
menus

26. THERE IS DOCUMENTATION AT
THERE IS DOCUMENTATION AT
THERE IS DOCUMENTATION AT
THERE IS DOCUMENTATION AT
THERE IS DOCUMENTATION AT
THERE IS DOCUMENTATION AT
THERE IS DOCUMENTATION ATTHERE IS DOCUMENTATION AT
WWW.GEOPAPARAZZI.EU
WWW.GEOPAPARAZZI.EU
WWW.GEOPAPARAZZI.EU
WWW.GEOPAPARAZZI.EU
WWW.GEOPAPARAZZI.EU
WWW.GEOPAPARAZZI.EU
WWW.GEOPAPARAZZI.EUWWW.GEOPAPARAZZI.EU

27. AN EXAMPLE
The following lines of code…​
public class MainGvsigMobileActivity
extends GeopaparazziCoreActivity {
}
<resources>
<string name="my_gvsig_appname">GvSIG Mobile</string>
</resources>
<color name="main_background">#FFFFFF</color>
<color name="main_decorations">#cf7d3c</color>
<color name="main_decorations_dark">#cf7d3c</color>
<color name="main_text_color">#00699e</color>
<color name="main_text_color_neutral">#00699e</color>
<color name="main_selection">#008fd8</color>
<color name="main_selection_border">#008fd8</color>

28. AN EXAMPLE
…​make geopaparazzi into gvSIG Mobile

29. HOW DO I SYNCHRONIZE MY
WORKING TEAM WITH MY SERVER?

30. 1) GEOPAPARAZZI PROFILES
Data management for casual and non-GIS users can be
difficult: Find a basemap (.map, .mapurl, etc), some
Spatialite overlays, get a tags.json file, and create a project
file. Oh and add them to your Geopaparazzi session.
Profiles are a way to easily group and switch basemap,
overlay, tags/forms, and project files
A Profile is a bit of JSON, read (and stored) by
Geopaparazzi
A great way to distribute data to many Geopaparazzi
users

31. CLOUD PROFILES
Cloud Profiles are delivered from a web server
You specify the server in Cloud Settings in Geopaparazzi
Use Import → Cloud Profiles
Select a profile and all its files are automatically
downloaded

32. COOKIECUTTER GEOPAPARAZZI
REFERENCE SERVER
Developed and released by as free and open
source license:
1. create Cloud Profiles for download with graphical feature
editing
2. HTTPS/TLS security
3. users management with email confirmation and social
media signup
4. media storage via Amazon AWS
 Github page:
Geoanalytic
cookiecutter-geopaparazzi-server

33. 2) MAPZONE
is a web platform to gather data, create
maps, publish web services and share data.
It allows you to create free projects as long as the uploaded
data are public.
The platform is very solid, has advanced tools (ex. styling)
and…​ has a geopaparazzi plugin!
https://mapzone.io

34. You can use the built in Cloud Projects import/export, i.e.
upload projects, download the list of online projects and
download a selected project to the device.
In mapzone the projects are split into layers that can be
styled on demand.

35. THE GEOPAPARAZZI SURVEY SERVER
THE GEOPAPARAZZI SURVEY SERVER
THE GEOPAPARAZZI SURVEY SERVER
THE GEOPAPARAZZI SURVEY SERVER
THE GEOPAPARAZZI SURVEY SERVER
THE GEOPAPARAZZI SURVEY SERVER
THE GEOPAPARAZZI SURVEY SERVERTHE GEOPAPARAZZI SURVEY SERVER
& FRIENDS
& FRIENDS
& FRIENDS
& FRIENDS
& FRIENDS
& FRIENDS
& FRIENDS& FRIENDS

36. THE SERVER
The Geopaparazzi Survey Server (GSS) is a web application
that allows geopaparazzi users to synchronize their project
data with a central server.
Its companion is an Android app named Geopaparazzi
Survey Server Sync (GSSS) .
The app can connect to geopaparazzi projects and perform
synchronization of the data contained using
the unique device ID to upload the data to the server.
The server can be installed through docker
available on google play
incremental

37. INSTALLATION AND RUN
To start the server, just run:
This will download and install the docker image on your
system (if it is not there already) and then start a server that
uses /home/hydrologis/GSS as data folder and port 8080 for
its webservice.
Open your favorite browser and enter the url:
docker run --rm -v /home/hydrologis/GSS:/home/basefolder
-e JAVA_OPTS="-Xms1256m -Xmx4g -Dstage.globalfolder=/home/basefolder/"
-p 8080:8080 -p 9092:9092 moovida/gss:v2.15
http://localhost:8080

38. DASHBOARD AND MAP VIEW
The application features a dashboard and a map view to
keep track of surveyors and data uploaded.

39. USERS AND SURVEYORS
It is possible to:
create web users and groups. There are two levels of
users: admins and normal users.
configure surveyors. New devices that connect and
upload are automatically added. The name of the
surveyor by default is the unique id of the device.

40. THE FORM BUILDER
The server features also a powerful form builder. You can
create your forms and publish them to your teams.

41. SYNCHRONIZE THE DATA
The companion GSSS app can be used to load the
incremental survey to the server.

42. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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News about Geopaparazzi:
http://www.geopaparazzi.eu
http://groups.google.com/group/geopaparazzi-users
https://www.facebook.com/groups/350587351732480/
https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/geopaparazzi/
http://jgrasstechtips.blogspot.it/search/label/geopaparazzi