Seminars & Workshops
FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026: Publish QGIS Maps to the Cloud with Kumoy (in English)
FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 is the world's largest international conference dedicated to open source geospatial software, hosted by the OSGeo Foundation. In 2026, it takes place in Hiroshima from August 30 to September 5.
See also: Event report on FOSS4G Auckland 2025, held in Auckland
Workshop overview
A workshop at FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 will teach how to use Kumoy to publish a QGIS project to the cloud and edit it together as a team.
You will learn the basic flow of publishing and managing maps online with Kumoy, which reduces the hassle of sharing QGIS files and publishing them on the web.
Note: The instructor will teach the workshop in English, but support is available in Japanese.
Schedule
Monday, August 31, 2026, 10:00 to 13:00 (JST)
Content
- Overview of Kumoy
- Setting up a Kumoy account and project
- Publishing a map created in QGIS to the web with the Kumoy plugin for QGIS
- Sharing maps and managing access permissions
- Editing map data together with other users
Audience and prerequisite skills
- Basic QGIS operations (managing data and styling layers)
How to attend and fees
To attend this workshop, you need to buy a workshop ticket separately, in addition to a Main Conference ticket.
For registration and pricing details, see the FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 registration page.
https://2026.foss4g.org/ja/register/registration/