QGIS cloud is a free platform to upload online
and share your maps with anyone . QGis advantage
is to have the chance of preparing your own maps using Qgis and upload them online in
a
few clicks .
You will need
to create a QGis Cloud account ( free , simple, quick) and install the QGis
cloud plugin in your QGis version.
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Create your QGis cloud account
Go to http://qgiscloud.com/
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sigterritoires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/91.png?resize=630%2C208&ssl=1)
Click on Sign Up and
fill
your account parameters
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sigterritoires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/92.png?resize=630%2C471&ssl=1)
Done !
How to install the QGis
cloud plugin
In QGis, go to Extension ->
Install / Manage extensions .
Look for the QGis Cloud
plugin and
click
Installextension
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sigterritoires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/93.png?resize=630%2C396&ssl=1)
You will a
new
a new item in the menu
as Extension
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sigterritoires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/94.png?resize=630%2C151&ssl=1)
You have everything
you
need to publish your maps
on the Internet.
How to publish
a map
The only constraint to respect is not
adding rasters in the project . Therefore, you can
have
as many vector layers as you want, WFS layers and also
WMS layers.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sigterritoires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/95.png?resize=630%2C335&ssl=1)
Let’s consider a simple
example : a map with bicycle parkings in the city of Brest. By
clicking
on Cloud settings ( Extension -> Cloud -> Cloud
settings ) we get the following window :
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sigterritoires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/96.png?resize=344%2C338&ssl=1)
Click Login and
fill
your
QGis
Cloud account .
You must have
a
database in the cloud to store the data of your projects
. The first time you are
forced
to
create
one
. Afterwards you can to
choose to create a new
one ( up to five bases are authorized ) or
to
use an existing one.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sigterritoires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/97.png?resize=344%2C342&ssl=1)
Go to the Account
tab. Click
the Create button to create a
database.
Once the base is created or selected
, you must load the data present
in
the QGis project . If you try
to publish your map without having
loaded the data , an error message will appear
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sigterritoires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/98.png?resize=341%2C339&ssl=1)
Go to the Upload Data tab.
Select
the layers and click Upload data.
To publish your map, go to Map . You
have
two
buttons. The first one allows choosing a
background map for your map. The second publishes
the map in the cloud.
To set the base map, click Add background layer
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sigterritoires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/99.png?resize=370%2C342&ssl=1)
As you can
see in the previous screenshot, you have
a
wide choice of background layers.
To finish the publication, just click on the Publish
Map button . You will
get
the cloud addresses of your map.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sigterritoires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/910.png?resize=380%2C358&ssl=1)
As you can
see you get a classic
web address , an address for mobile terminals
and a WMS address . What else?!!
You can consult the result
by
clicking
on the address obtained :
http://qgiscloud.com/SigEtTerritoires/velos
You can include
in
your
project
WFS or WMS connections . On the previous map , for
example, you can add the available tracks
cycling
tracks in a WFS server for the city of
Brest.
You can see
the result at http://qgiscloud.com/SigEtTerritoires/cyclos2
None of this is in my version of QGIS.
There is no, Extension ->
Install / Manage extensions
How to install the QGis
cloud plugin
In QGis, go to Extension ->
Install / Manage extensions .
Look for the QGis Cloud
plugin and
click
Installextension
Extension = Plugin
It is Very interesting