QGIS Feature Frenzy
summary
QGIS demonstrates concrete, recent capabilities: QGIS 3.28 auto-downloads about 1,600 Google fonts into projects; PostGIS integrations include authentication configs, PG service files and database notifications for live updates; point cloud support (since 2020) adds Cloud Optimized Point Clouds, virtual point clouds and processing tools for clipping and profiles; QGIS 3.34 adds 3D tiles (Cesium 3D tiles) support; cloud‑optimized GeoTIFFs stream from AWS S3 (example loading a 70 MB file); annotation layers, HTML labels, headless qgis_process and editable file geodatabases.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 1:05Automatic font downloads
- 2:28PostGIS authentication and notifications
- 4:34Point cloud improvements
- 8:27Cloud optimized GeoTIFFs
- 10:12Vector tile basemaps
- 11:39Annotation layers
- 13:05HTML in label styling
- 14:32QGIS Process Tool
- 15:37Modern GPS support
- 16:43FileGDB full edit support
- 17:46QGIS development and sponsorship
- 19:08Future of QGIS and FME alternatives
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