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Home Page: http://www.qgis.org
Mailing List: http://qgis.org/mailinglists
Forum: http://forum.qgis.org
Blog: http://blog.qgis.org

Description

Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on GNU/Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats and is licensed under the GNU General Public License.

QGIS lets you browse, edit and create a variety of vector and raster formats, including ESRI shapefiles, spatial data in PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GRASS vectors and rasters, or GeoTiff. You can create customised plugins and GIS enabled applications using Python or C++. Maps can be compiled for printing using the print composer.

QGIS supports plugins to do things like import of delimited text data, download tracks, routes, and waypoints from your GPS or visualize OGC WMS and WFS layers.

Screenshots


more screenshots at qgis.org

Core Features

  • Raster and vector support
  • Integration with GRASS GIS
  • Extensible plugin architecture
  • Digitizing tools
  • Print composer
  • Python language bindings
  • OGC support (WMS, WFS)
  • Overview panel
  • Spatial bookmarks
  • Identify/Select features
  • Edit/View attributes
  • Feature labeling
  • On the fly projection

Available Plugins

  • Delimited text import
  • Copyright lable
  • Graticule builder
  • North arrow
  • Scale bar
  • Copyright label
  • PostGIS import tool
  • Plugin installer
  • Mapserver export
  • Raster georeferencing
  • GPS tools
  • GRASS
  • WFS