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

Version 0.10.0 "Io" has been released and packages for major platforms are now available. For information on the release, see the Announcement on the QGIS Blog.

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Nominations Open for QGIS Project Steering Committee

There are currently two vacancies on the QGIS Project Steering Committee (PSC). These vacancies are for the Community Advisor and Financial/Marketing Advisor seats. Nominations are now open for these two vacancies. Please see http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/Call_for_Nominations_June_2007 for complete information on the requirements and qualifications, as well as how to nominate someone. Nominations will close on June 23, 2007. Note - PSC members do not have to be developers. Eligibility requirements are listed in the call for nominations document.