QGIS Server Meeting - June 2020

Motivation

Example open questions

Should we provide/ship ...

Meeting goals

Not goals

Ecosystem

What do we develop/maintain/ship as a QGIS official product?

FOSS Map Server Market Segments

GeoServer

The "all-in-one" "one-fits-all" feature complete solution

MapServer

The UNIX-style solution: do one thing and do it well

QGIS Server

Unique selling point: WYSIWYG QGIS integration

Open questions

QGIS Server application concept:

  1. OGC (expandable) web service framework ← current
  2. full featured all-in-one/one-fits-all application ← GeoServer

Open questions II

Better out-of-the box UX:

  1. Do nothing
  2. WFS3-like minimalistic (but template-based) landing page
  3. Ship an official one-fits-all client

Open questions III

Introspection API

  1. Do nothing
  2. Provide C++/Python hooks and leave it to plugins
    1. official packages
    2. plugin installer
    3. DIY Installation