Open AccessComparative analysis of QGIS plugins for Web Maps creation
Author(s) -
Lia Duarte,
Catarina Queirós,
Ana Cláudia Teodoro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
la granja/la granja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.152
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1390-8596
pISSN - 1390-3799
DOI - 10.17163/lgr.n34.2021.01
Subject(s) - plug in , geospatial analysis , computer science , world wide web , cloud computing , software , georeference , geographic information system , database , geography , cartography , operating system , physical geography
QGIS is a free and open-source software that allows viewing, editing, and analyzing georeferenced data. It is a Geographic Information System (GIS) software composed by tools that allow to manipulate geographic information and consequently to create maps which help to get a better understanding and organization of geospatial data. Unfortunately, maps created directly in the GIS desktop software are not automatically transferred to a website. This research aimed to compare publishing capabilities in different QGIS plugins to create Web Maps. This study analyzes four QGIS plugins (QGIS2Web, QGIS Cloud, GIS Cloud Publisher and Mappia Publisher), performing a comparison between them, considering their advantages and disadvantages, the free and subscription plans, the tools offered by each plugin and other generic aspects. The four plugins were tested in a specific case study to automatically obtain different Web Maps. This study could help users to choose the most adequate tools to publish Web Maps under QGIS software.