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QGIS 2.2 Released!

posted by LaminatorX on Thursday February 27 2014, @07:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the All-roads-lead-to-where-now? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

"Good news, everyone! A brand-new version of QGIS has been released (changelog). QGIS, a full-featured GPL-licensed GIS program has been under active development for twelve years and is now at version 2.2. Funded by a wide range of organizations, the QGIS project lets users create professional-quality maps that compete well with the output of established proprietary GIS packages like ArcView and MapInfo. Notable features of the program include its support for a wide range of file formats, modular design, map server, web publishing, as well as easy python scripting, and an extensive python plugin library.

For those interested, versions are available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Windows, MacOS X, and Android here."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by internetguy on Thursday February 27 2014, @11:21PM

    by internetguy (235) on Thursday February 27 2014, @11:21PM (#8242)
    GIS is not hard. Just download some data and then import it into QGIS. Just keep in mind that GPS data is all points. Sometimes the point data is connected together to form shapes like Polygons and Lines. Using QGIS you can change the colors of the Points, Lines, and Pologon in the properties panel. There are a variety of buttons for navigating (Zoom in/out) and manipulating the raw data associated with each GPS point. A majority of States and Counties in the United States publish their data on their websites. Check your local city, county, or state GIS department website. The data depot http://data.geocomm.com [geocomm.com] has some files to download but they might be hard to import for a beginner. Searching the web for free GIS data is not hard.
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