The FinBIF API Plugin for QGIS allows users to fetch data from the FinBIF API and load it directly into QGIS. This plugin provides a user-friendly interface to query the FinBIF API and visualize the data on a map.
- Fetch data from the data warehouse endpoint of FinBIF API
- Load data into QGIS as vector layers
- Support for various query parameters including taxon, geographical, and quality parameters
- User-friendly interface with multiple tabs for different parameter categories
- Download the plugin.zip from the repository.
- Open QGIS and go to
Plugins>Manage and Install Plugins. - Click on the
Install from ZIPbutton and select the downloaded plugin ZIP file. - Click
Install Plugin. - The plugin should be visible on the vector toolbar. If not, active it from
Plugins>Installed.
- Open QGIS and click plugin to open it
- Enter your FinBIF API access token in the
Generaltab. If you don't have any, you can request one from api.laji.fi/#/APIUser by posting your email to that endpoint. - Configure the desired query parameters across the different tabs (General, Taxon, Administrative, Geographical, Quality).
- Click the
Submitbutton to fetch data from the FinBIF API. Avoid fetching too much data at one query. - The fetched data will be loaded into QGIS as vector layers.
Alpo Turunen
This plugin is free to use and edit for all purposes