GeoDrafter Publish

Publish the current QGIS project as a web map with a permanent link. Open it from Web → GeoDrafter Publish → Publish map…

1. Choose what to publish

• Export: the layers that will be on the web map. By default the layers that are visible in QGIS, except background maps from web services (OpenStreetMap, WMS/WMTS, ArcGIS, vector tiles …): the online map has its own background maps. You can still tick them; the choice is saved with the project.
• Shown as: Vectors means the browser draws the layer from its data (sharp at every zoom, clickable). Tiles means QGIS draws the layer as images, so any style looks exactly like in QGIS. Hover to see why a layer became tiles.
• Click info and Fields…: which fields appear when someone clicks a feature. Only these fields are exported.
• Tiles: the zoom levels QGIS renders for tile layers. More levels take longer and use more space; the dialog shows the number of tiles.

2. Try it on your own computer

Preview exports to the export folder and opens the map in your browser from this computer only. Nothing is uploaded.

3. Publish

1. No account? Publish without an account makes a public map for 30 days (at most 25 MB, with a “Published with GeoDrafter” badge). The map's own key is saved in the project, so publishing again updates the same map until it is deleted. Anyone who gets the project file (for example a .qgz in a shared folder or a public Git repository) can therefore change or delete that map for the rest of its 30 days.
2. Sign in at app.geodrafter.com with your e-mail address and create a key under API keys. Then click API key… and paste the key (it starts with gdp_). QGIS stores it in its encrypted authentication database and may ask for its master password.
3. Click Publish. The project is exported and only files the server does not have yet are uploaded. The link appears in the dialog; Copy link puts it on the clipboard.
4. Save the project: the map's id is stored in it, so the next Publish makes a new version of the same map at the same link.

An interrupted upload is not lost: click Publish again and it continues with what is missing.

What is uploaded

Problems

• Missing or invalid API key: paste the key again with API key….
• Could not reach the server: check the internet connection. Uploads use the system's proxy settings.
• Your plan's limit …: the plan's number of maps or space is used up.

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