Try NextGIS Web in the sandbox – now directly from QGIS

Want to see how NextGIS Web works with your data? Explore our public sandbox at sandbox.nextgis.com. It gives you access to the full functionality of a standard NextGIS Web instance, ready for hands-on experiments without deploying your own server.

And now, getting started from QGIS is even easier: NextGIS Connect has a sandbox button on its start screen. Open the plugin, click the button, and start exploring how QGIS and NextGIS Web work together!

A place to try things yourself

The sandbox lets you explore NextGIS Web from both sides: as someone preparing and managing geodata, and as someone using it through a web map. You can upload a sample dataset, configure its appearance, build a map, and explore the result in your browser.

Here are a few things to try:

• Publish geodata and web maps. Create sample layers, organize your resources, and create a map that others can open in a browser.
• Explore data online. Inspect features, browse attributes, and try search and filtering tools.
• Edit data in the browser. Create features and modify their geometry and attributes to see how web editing fits your workflow.
• Connect your desktop and web workflows. Use NextGIS Connect to work with data hosted in NextGIS Web from QGIS.

You can use the sandbox for a first introduction, a quick feature check, or a demonstration for colleagues who want to understand what a shared Web GIS workspace looks like.

Start from QGIS with NextGIS Connect

If you already work in QGIS, the sandbox is a convenient way to explore what happens when your desktop GIS connects to NextGIS Web.

To get started:

1. Install or update NextGIS Connect using the QGIS plugin manager.
2. Open NextGIS Connect and click the sandbox button on the start screen.
3. Try publishing a small sample layer or project to the sandbox, then open the resulting web map in your browser.

From there, explore working with server-hosted layers in QGIS. This is a practical and straightforward way to get familiar with the connection between data on the server, your QGIS project, and the map people use online.

A fresh start, regularly

The sandbox is reset periodically, so uploaded data, maps, and changes are temporary. Keep local copies of anything you want to keep, and use sample or non-sensitive data for your experiments.

The periodic reset keeps the sandbox ready for new experiments. For ongoing work and data you need to keep, use your own NextGIS Web instance: in the cloud, on-premise, or self-hosted.

Ready to give it a try? Open the NextGIS Web sandbox or launch it from the start screen of NextGIS Connect in QGIS.