{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/522","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/522/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/522/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/522/events","html_url":"https://github.com/geopaparazzi/geopaparazzi/issues/522","id":330480368,"node_id":"MDU6SXNzdWUzMzA0ODAzNjg=","number":522,"title":"Getting gpap data into QGIS 3 via kml/kmz (my feedback)","user":{"login":"AndrewM-","id":5060805,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjUwNjA4MDU=","avatar_url":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/5060805?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/AndrewM-","html_url":"https://github.com/AndrewM-","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AndrewM-/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AndrewM-/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AndrewM-/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AndrewM-/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AndrewM-/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AndrewM-/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AndrewM-/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AndrewM-/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/AndrewM-/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2018-06-08T00:31:27Z","updated_at":"2018-06-08T00:31:27Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"NONE","body":"Dragging the kmz file into QGIS 3 works fine.  All points and lines are displayed on the map.  It is also possible to symbolise the points relatively easily.  For form notes, this works well as the name of the form note is present in the name column.  For \"instant notes\", the name column contains text entered by the user, which can result in lots of unwanted symbol categories.  These can be deleted, which results in instant notes being shown in the \"uncategorised\" colour.  \r\nMap tips can also be set up using the description field from the kmz file as the _display expression_.  As the description field contains html, QGIS can render it fairly well.  The main difference is that the pictures are not displayed.\r\nBelow is a screenshot of the results.\r\n![2018-06-08 09_12_01-qgis](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5060805/41131659-0b2c0744-6b00-11e8-9242-f61b4ae9cc28.jpg)\r\nThere are only two things on my wishlist for viewing kmz in QGIS.  The first is that the html code be tweeked to reduce whitespace and table borders are made thinner.  These changes would also help viewing the data in Google Earth.  Secondly, It would also be good if the _name_ field had the name of the instant form in it instead of repeating the description.  QGIS can't understand the doc type def so does not display any photo data, even the name.  I don't think GoogleEarth requires the doc type def and can work with raw html.  If the doc type def can be dropped, then 'photo' could be used as a name and the image file name could be viewed via the description.  If the entry form name is displayed in the name field, this would make symbolization of the data much cleaner.\r\n\r\nI previously developed a data collection tool that is quite similar to geopaparazzi in ms-access.  The difference is that I use a garmin GPS for data collection and no-GPS cameras for photos.  Data entry was back in the office via carefully optimised forms.  The internal structure of the application is very similar to geopaparazzi and it also generates kml reports.  The kml output uses custom symbols based on the category of what was recorded.  As I have about 200K records in the one database, a lot of effort has been placed into making it easier to review data. Each dataset can be viewed as kml or as html.   Here a couple of screenshots.  \r\n![2018-06-08 10_08_34-google earth pro](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5060805/41132693-dcb0cee4-6b05-11e8-881d-18847eef238b.jpg)\r\nThe screenshot below shows an index to the collected data with pop-up links to particular data items.  All links are to static web pages which are generated during export.\r\n![photosessionreport](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5060805/41132699-e44add2a-6b05-11e8-9bc0-5985a74d9cc8.jpg)\r\n\r\nI have been on a similar journey with exporting data and visualising data."}}
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