Quantum GIS

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 code contributions, bug fixes, bug reports, contributed documentation, advocacy and supporting other users on our mailing lists and forums. Financial contributions are also welcome.

Newsflash

Quantum GIS Version 0.11.0 has been released. It is available in source form, and as binary executables for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux. All versions can be obtained from our download page. If the version for your platform is not available please check back in a day or two as some packages are still being built.

QGIS 0.8 Preview 2 Now Available

We are pleased to announce the second preview release of QGIS 0.8 is now available. The subversion repository has been tagged and packagers are busy creating binaries for various platforms. For those who like to build from source, a source package is also available. This page will be updated as additional binaries are made available so watch this space!

Known Issues

There are a number of issues related to this release. As the name 'preview' indicates, this is still an unstable release, intended to provide a peek at the new features coming in QGIS 0.8 and to provide a platform for users to file bug reports. You can view the currently open issues at the Quantum GIS Trac website. If you think you have found a new bug or issue, please use the Trac system to report the problem. Make sure to indicate the problem is associated with the Version 0.8 Release.

You can also use the QGIS mailing lists to discuss this release or report problems.

Choose your platform¹

Platform	Package	md5	Comments
All	qgis_Release-0_8-preview-2.tar.gz	[md5]	Source code only
Micorosoft Windows	qgis-0.8.0_Preview-2.zip	[md5]
SUSE 10.0	qgis-0.8.0_preview2-1.i586.rpm	[md5]	Binary rpm only
Fedora Core 5	qgis-0.8.0_preview2-1.i386.rpm	[md5]	Binary rpm only
Ubuntu 'Dapper'	ubuntu_dapper
Ubuntu 'Edgy'	ubuntu_edgy
Debian Testing (aka 'etch')	deb http://debian.gfoss.it/ etch main	n/a	README!
Mac OSX Universal - All In one	qgis-0.8.0pre2.dmg.gz	[md5]
Mac OSX Universal - With external Framworks	QGIS-0.8-Preview-2.dmg.gz	[md5]	Install frameworks below
Frameworks for Mac OSX Universal	AllFrameworks.dmg.gz	[md5]	Accompanies dmg above