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timlinux writes "It is our great pleasure to announce the immediate availability of Quantum GIS (QGIS) Version 0.9.0. Quantum GIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS lets you browse and create map data on your computer. It supports many common spatial data formats (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff). QGIS supports plugins to do things like display tracks from your GPS. QGIS is Open Source software and its free of cost (download here). We welcome contributions from our user community in the form of
code contributions, bug fixes, bug reports, contributed documentation, advocacy and supporting other users on our mailing lists and forums.
Financial contributions
are also welcome.
This release introduces several new features including python bindings and many additional GRASS modules. The release also includes bug fixes and stability improvements. QGIS is available is source form, and as binary executables for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux. All versions can be obtained from our download page.
As an open source project, we provide support for using QGIS via our mailing lists and bug tracker:
- For general enquiries subscribe to our users mailing list.
- For developer related enquiries subscribe to our separate developers list.
- If you think you have found a bug, please report it using our bug tracker. When reporting bugs, please include some contact information in case we need help with replicating your issue.
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Tim Sutton writes "It is our great pleasure to announce the immediate availability of Quantum GIS (QGIS) Version 0.8.1. Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS lets you browse and create map data on your computer. It supports many common spatial data formats (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff). QGIS supports plugins to do things like display tracks from your GPS. QGIS is Open Source software and its free of cost (download here). We welcome contributions from our user community in the form of
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Financial contributions
are also welcome.
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As an open source project, we provide support for using QGIS via our mailing lists and bug tracker:
- For general enquiries subscribe to our users mailing list.
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I look forward to trying out this new version in the hopes that it gets close enough to what I need that I can start to pull away from the Big Bucks that ESRI demands for their software. I could easily be spending upwards of $10,000 for their software after adding all the extensions that I want/need.