metadata.txt

[general]
name=GeoCat Bridge
author=GeoCat BV
description=Easy publication of data and metadata from QGIS.
about=GeoCat is pleased to offer its Bridge plugin to the QGIS community.

      GeoCat Bridge offers a one-click publishing experience for QGIS Desktop. Create great looking maps and publish them to GeoServer or MapServer, or share its metadata via the GeoNetwork metadata catalog.
      Your data is uploaded as a GeoPackage, Shapefile, or imported into a PostGIS database. Bridge will automatically convert your QGIS styles into the destination format (SLD, Mapfile, etc.).

      <b>Notes</b>
      - If you wish to publish metadata, be aware that more recent QGIS versions (3.22+) require you to install the 'lxml' python package.
      - <i>Bridge for QGIS</i> versioning starts at v4.0. There are no official releases prior to v4.x.

experimental=False
category=Web
qgisMinimumVersion=3.16
version=4.5.1
email=support@geocat.net
icon=icons/geocat.png
tags=style, symbology, cartography, publishing, sharing, SDI, metadata, MapServer,
     GeoNetwork, GeoServer, Mapbox, GeoStyler, ISO19139, SLD, GeoPackage, PostGIS
homepage=https://www.geocat.net/bridge
tracker=https://github.com/GeoCat/qgis-bridge-plugin/issues
repository=https://github.com/GeoCat/qgis-bridge-plugin
hasProcessingProvider=yes
deprecated=False
changelog=Version 4.5.1, October 2024
          - Fix bridgestyle (ExpressionConverter) causing some feature styles to fail [#189]
          - Remove Python warnings

          Version 4.5.0, September 2024
          - Properly release resources when plugin reloads [#187]
          - Replaced QtWebKit related code with regular Qt UI elements [#152, #185]
          - Replaced PNG icons with SVG icons
          - Updated UI styling and renamed dialogs and actions for clarity
          - Improved UI responsiveness when updating layer publication status
          - bridgestyle -> 0.1.2: fix single-band raster styling, SLD XSD reference, and label concatenation

          Version 4.4.2, July 2024
          - Fix crash when temporary layer path/URI is too long
          - Improve workspace handling (preserve ACLs, settings, etc. - thanks @ Johannes Kröger)
          - Build About page dynamically (thanks @ Johannes Kröger)
          - bridgestyle: label fix for MapBox GL (thanks @ Gerald Kogler)

          Version 4.4.1, March 2024
          - Fixed documentation link
          - Support temporary layers when source is a path
          - bridgestyle: MapBox GL improvements, QGIS 3.16 crash fix, fix color parsing

          Version 4.4, July 2023
          - Allow using GeoNetwork 4.x
          - Fixed crash when publishing layer groups that only contain 1 or more layer groups

          Version 4.3.2, February 2023
          - Fixed GeoNetwork version retrieval for 3.12.8 and up
          - bridgestyle: support IS NULL rule filters (SLD and MapBox only)

          Version 4.3.1, November 2022
          - Fixed About page crash for specific Jinja versions (Path objects not supported)
          - Updated bridgestyle with some MapBox GL JS fixes

          Version 4.3, August 2022
          - Enhanced GeoServer Importer support related to GEOS-10553 (see PR #151)
          - Warn when lxml dependency is missing for QGIS 3.22+ users (prevent crash when plugin loads)
          - Updated About dialog with useful links
          - Updated documentation and added quickstart tutorial
          - Bug fix: persist server configurations imported from JSON file
          - Bug fix: clicking Save without a current server should not throw

          Version 4.2.9-10, July 2022
          - Handle JSONDecodeError from GeoServer regardless of json lib
          - Fixed missing title argument when showing QGIS error message bar
          - Updated GeoCat logo and icon

          Version 4.2.7-8, April-May 2022
          - Fixed broken URL for documentation link
          - Fixed PostGIS direct access publication [#833147]
          - Fix layer name (remove suffix) after GeoServer Importer job finishes [#569030]
          - Remove global defaultStyles created by GeoServer Importer
          - Prevent JSONDecodeError on bad GeoServer version response

          Version 4.2.2-6, March 2022
          - Fixed 'New Server' button for macOS users [#146]
          - Fixed error fetching GeoServer workspaces without credentials [#169851]
          - Set title, abstract, and keywords in GeoServer layers and styles [GEOCAT-BRIDGE-T-2589]
          - Do not create GeoServer layergroup if QGIS group only contains one layer
          - Set exported GeoPackage layer name so GeoServer uses correct feature type name
          - Fixed issue related to layer filters [#926926]

          Version 4.2.0-1, February 2022
          - Fixed GeoServer layer group publication [#135]
          - Workaround for regression in pkgutil library [#136]
          - Fixed SLD encoding issue for GeoServer styles [#139, #141]
          - Improved window modality behavior for non-Windows users
          - Auto-rename fields for SHP exports and link to style fields
          - Fixed publication for multiple layers from the same GeoPackage
          - Fixes for MapBox VT publication process (groups)
          - Improved robustness of StyleViewer
          - Fixed metadata editor dialog [#985702]
          - Fixed keyError when defaultStyle is missing [#894721]
          - Improved GeoServer-managed PostGIS publication process
          - Bridge should load own bridgestyle lib (not from Python path)
          - Minor bridgestyle fixes and updates

          Version 4.1, August 2021
          - Added MapBox VT support
          - Renamed Multistyler to StyleViewer
          - Pluggable servers modules
          - Improved UI/UX of Bridge dialog
          - Fixed "PostGIS managed by GeoServer" publish process
          - Added minimal support for JNDI PostGIS datastores

[bridge]
shortName=Bridge
longName=GeoCat Bridge for QGIS
support=https://my.geocat.net/submitticket.php?step=2&deptid=4
docs=https://geocat.github.io/qgis-bridge-plugin
chat=https://gitter.im/GeoCat/Bridge