QGIS interface

OTB Applications are fully integrated in QGIS since QGIS 3.8. You can configure OTB for QGIS according to the:

Warning

Since QGIS 3.22: the plugin is not activated by default. It should be activated in the plugins settings (Plugins/Manage and Install Plugins... toolbar). The plugin should then be configured as detailed in the QGIS documentation (see the links provided above).

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Compatibility between QGIS and OTB versions

There are compatibility issues between the different versions of OTB and QGIS. Any version of OTB compiled with GDAL 3.X is not compatible with QGIS 3.12 or below. This is the case for the binary packages of OTB 7.1 and above. In this case QGIS 3.14 or more should be used.

The table below summarizes which version of OTB can be used with which version of QGIS.

QGIS 3.8 - 3.12

QGIS 3.14

QGIS 3.16

QGIS >= 3.18

OTB 6.6.1

Compatible

Compatible

Compatible

Compatible

OTB 7.0.0

Compatible

Compatible

Compatible

Compatible

OTB 7.1.0

Not Compatible

Compatible

Compatible

Compatible

OTB 7.2.0

Not Compatible

Compatible

Compatible

Compatible

OTB 8.x.0

Not Compatible

Not Compatible

Not Compatible

Compatible

OTB 9.x.0

Not Compatible

Not Compatible

Not Compatible

Compatible

Issue tracking

If you encounter issues with integration of OTB application into QGIS, please fill an issue into the OTB issue tracker with qgis label.