QUANTUM GIS USER GUIDE

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Download free Quantum GIS User Guide pdf. Welcome to the wonderful world of Geographical Information Systems (GIS)! Quantum GIS (QGIS) is an Open Source Geographic Information System. The project was born in May of 2002 and was established as a project on SourceForge in June of the same year. We’ve worked hard to make GIS software (which is traditionaly expensive commerical software) a viable prospect for anyone with basic access to a Personal Computer. QGIS currently runs on most Unix platforms, Windows, and OS X. QGIS is developed using the Qt toolkit (http://www.trolltech.com) and C++. This means that QGIS feels snappy to use and has a pleasing, easy to use graphical user interface.

Table content of Quantum GIS User Manual

Forward
Major Features ~ Whats New in 0.7
Introduction To GIS
Why is all this so new? ~ Raster Data ~ Vector Data
Getting Started
Installation ~ Sample Data ~ Starting QGIS ~ Command Line Options ~ The QGIS Main Window ~ The QGIS menu bar ~ Toolbars ~ The QGIS map legend ~ The QGIS map view ~ The QGIS map overview ~ The QGIS map status bar ~ Rendering ~ Scale Dependent Rendering ~ Controlling Map Rendering ~ Stopping Rendering ~ Suspending Rendering ~ Setting Layer Add Option ~ Updating the Map Display During Rendering
Working with Vector Data
Shapefiles ~ Loading a Shapefile ~ Loading a MapInfo Layer ~ Loading an ArcInfo Coverage ~ PostGIS Layers ~ Creating a Stored Connection ~ Loading a PostGIS Layer ~ Using the Query Builder ~ Some details about PostgreSQL layers ~ Importing Data into PostgreSQL ~ Improving Performance ~ The Vector Properties Dialog ~ Vector Symbology ~ Attribute Actions ~ Defining Actions ~ 4.4.2 Using Actions ~ Editing ~ Editing an Existing Layer ~ Creating a New Layer
Working with Raster Data
What is raster data? ~ Raster formats supported in QGIS ~ Loading raster data in QGIS ~ Raster Properties ~ Symbology Tab ~ General Tab ~ Metadata Tab ~ Pyramids Tab
Working with Projections
Overview of Projection Support ~ Getting Started ~ Specifying a Projection ~ Custom Projections
GRASS
Starting QGIS with GRASS ~ From GRASS shell ~ Outside GRASS shell ~Loading GRASS Data ~ Vector Data Model ~ Digitizing and Editing Tools ~ Toolbar ~ Category Tab ~ Settings Tab ~ Symbology Tab ~ Table ~ Region Tool
Map Composer
Using Map Composer ~ Adding a Map to the Composer ~ Adding other Elements to the Composer ~ Other Features ~ Creating Output
Using Plugins
An Introduction to Using Plugins ~ Finding and Installing a Plugin ~ Managing Plugins ~ Data Providers ~ Core Plugins ~ Using the GPS Plugin ~ What is GPS? ~ Loading GPS data from a file ~ GPSBabel ~ Importing GPS data ~ Downloading GPS data from a device ~ Uploading GPS data to a device ~ Defining new device types ~ Using the Delimited Text Plugin ~ Requirements ~ Using the Plugin
Help and Support
Supported Data Formats
Supported OGR Formats ~ GDAL Raster Formats
Gnu Public License
Quantum GIS Qt exception for GPL
QGIS Installation Guide
Introduction ~ Installing Windows Version ~ Installing Mac OS X Version ~ Building from Source ~ Getting QGIS ~ PostgreSQL ~ GEOS ~ PostGIS ~ GRASS ~ Proj4 ~ SQLite ~ GDAL/OGR ~ Qt ~ Building QGIS ~ Quick and Dirty ~ Configuring QGIS the Right Way ~ Building Plugins