OGR2Layers was developed from scratch, based on the idea that one could easily build a bridge between local GIS resources and the global network, making the open source web maps development become easier. Only a few clicks enable the user to export his GIS vectorial data to an OpenLayers HTML map, which he can simply upload onto the Internet.

OGR2Layers was developed in python language over the QGIS C++ API and is still in early stage of development. The plugin tends to become cross-platform and frendly-user (See install steps and user guide). Many future improvments have to be done, please see the ToDo List to learn more.

Although the plugin is easy to use, there's still a important gap between desktop GIS and web GIS capabilities, so the user must be very careful of OGR layer's size. The heavier the OGR layers loaded in QGIS are, the slower the Internet OpenLayers Map will be !

OGR2Layers was developped by Nicolas BOZON, Rene-Luc D'HONT and Michael DOUCHIN.
Nicolas BOZON is GIS developer and PhD student at University of Montpellier 2 and CEMAGREF Lab.
Rene-Luc D'HONT is GIS developer and director of 3LIZ Company (Open Source GIS & Mozilla).
Michael DOUCHIN is GIS developer and European Project Leader at Montpellier CEMAGREF Lab.