Installation

How to get the Plugin

The plugin is available directly through QGIS plugin manager as an official plugin. In QGIS, go to “Plugins – Manage and Install Plugins…”

The Plugin Manager will appear. Type “Geosys” in the search bar.

☝️ You can also get plugin binaries and source code on the Git repository of the plugin. In this case please select “Clone and download” to get a zip archive of the plugin. In the plugin manager, you will have to select the option “Install from Zip”

Then select the archive just downloaded and hit “Install Plugin”

The installation message will appear on the top of the plugin manager:

Plugin Installed

### Once your plugin is installed, you will see

• A new icon on the toolbar

• A new option in the plugin menu

Configuration

To configure the plugin, go to “Plugin-Geosys Plugin-Options”. The following screen will appear:

The screen will allow you to set the following options: - User Credentials Credentials used for authentication on GEOSYS® Api Platform. The button "Connect" allows to test the validity of registered credentials: if successful the following message will appear.

- Geographical Region: Platform selection as our delivery network includes two physical nodes - One in Europe for polygons located in Europe, South America and South Africa - One in the U.S. for polygons located in North America and Australia > ☝️ In case of testing on our pre-production platform, please select **"Use testing service"** and **"US"**. - Coverage Parameters: The coverage parameters allow to set crop type and sowing date that will be used as parameters in the API request. - Paging Limit: Paging limit is a parameter limiting the number of items in the API response, the default value is 40. This can strongly impact response time. - Map output directory: The map output directory is the folder where all exported data will be stored for further access and analysis. > ☝️ The output directory must be on your desktop! The "About" button will display the following screen: