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What’s under the hood of the official QGIS Server Docker image?

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Since the last Geotribu article about deploying QGIS Server dates back to 2010, the release of an official QGIS Server Docker image last year is a great opportunity to catch up!

As a quick reminder, QGIS Server is an open-source web mapping server solution—similar to GeoServer or MapServer—that allows you to serve maps and geospatial data on the web. It relies on OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) standards to provide interoperable services. QGIS Desktop offers a graphical interface for users to create and edit their maps.

The official QGIS Server documentation explains in detail how to install QGIS Server natively, i.e. directly from your platform or distribution’s package repositories. After the official QGIS Server image was released last year, Anita Graser shared a great post about its usage. However, comprehensive resources on containerized deployment remain limited. That’s why in this article, we’ll take a look at how and why using the official QGIS Server Docker image makes deployment much easier.

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Upcoming local FOSS4G in Bulgaria on 7th-8th March

QGIS.бг is an informal organization that brings together the Bulgarian FOSS geo enthusiasts. In the landscape dominated by proprietary software, the QGIS.bg is providing learning materials at beginner and advanced level, in Bulgarian language, for free to anyone who wants to know more about open source GIS and technologies.

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Follow the Vendée Globe 2024 from a GIS

What is the Vendée Globe?

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Before we start talking about GIS and technical aspects, let's talk about the Vendée Globe.

It is a solo sailing race, non-stop and without assistance, around the world. It has been held every 4 years since 1989. The start is in Les Sables d'Olonne. The course consists of going down the Atlantic, then passing successively under Africa and the Cape of Good Hope, under Australia and Cape Leeuwin and finally under South America and Cape Horn, to return to Vendée as quickly as possible. The record was set by Armel Le Cléac'h during the 2016-2017 edition with a journey of 74 days 3 hours and 35 minutes.

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Introducing QChat: a chat room right into QGIS!

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We're excited to announce the release of a new feature integrated into our QTribu plugin for QGIS: QChat! This new addition allows you to collaborate in real time with your team or other GIS fellows directly from QGIS.

We're in 2024 (unless you're reading this in 2025, or 2026, or... well, you get the idea), and let's be honest, Teams or IRC have their cons. Plus, you can't even use the hashtag #GISchat there, you can't meet fellow GIS enthusiasts and you definitely can't win Geotribu stickers 😉... Honestly, it's time for something new.

Introducing a new way to chat directly in QGIS: QChat, a feature that lets you communicate with your peers within the best desktop GIS software around. The question is: why? And the answer: why not?