QGIS - How does it work?
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The document provides an overview of QGIS, an open-source geographical information system, highlighting its significant growth in contributions and community support. It discusses various users, including local governments in Australia and case studies of its application worldwide. The document also mentions various support options available and recent feature updates in QGIS.
QGIS - How does it work?
- 1. How does it work? QGIS – The Open Source Model Nathan Woodrow nathanw.net Technical Consultant/QGIS Specialist at Digital Mapping Solutions QGIS Core developer
- 2. How are we going? Quick QGIS growth overview
- 3. Commits All Time 12 Month 30 Day Commits: 18,486 4,461 546 Files Modified: 19,983 10,749 3,823 Lines Added: 4,592,516 1,695,883 116,838 Lines Removed: 2,455,957 915,023 107,611
- 4. Contributors All Time 12 Month 30 Day Contributors: 131 93 38
- 5. Contributing
- 6. It’s NOT
- 7. But also NOT
- 8. Main Repo Core developers Non Core developers Pull Request Review & Merge
- 9. Community Mailing lists gis.stackexchange.com IRC User groups •OZ QGIS User Group •UK User Group •Swiss User Group Facebook Twitter Google+
- 10. All good but who pays for this stuff?
- 11. Donations And lots of Volunteers Sponsorship and more Government GrantsPrivate developers and heaps more
- 12. but who is using it?
- 13. Everyone! Ok not everyone. But lots of people.
- 14. Australian Local government http://www.qgis.org/en/community/qgis-case-studies.html Other case stories City of Belmont - WA Tree Canopy
- 15. Projects at SDRC Kerb mapping GPS photo processing Planning Maps Flood damage maps http://nathanw.net/2012/04/23/using-qgis-in-local-government/ Australian Local government http://www.qgis.org/en/community/qgis-case-studies.html Other case stories
- 16. Around the world • InaSAFE • Funded by AusAID and World Bank • http://inasafe.org/ • State of Vorarlberg, Austria • 400 desktop installs • Contributed Oracle support, plus $50,000 worth of development work • Windsor & Maidenhead council UK • 60 QGIS installs • Simon started UK QGIS user group
- 18. Heaps to pick from http://www.qgis.org/en/commercial-support.html
- 19. Or use the community Mailing lists gis.stackexchange.com IRC User groups •OZ QGIS User Group •UK User Group •Swiss User Group Facebook Twitter Google+
- 20. Some new stuff a very short list
- 21. Blend modes
- 22. Symbol Manager
- 23. Map book generation Snap and guide lines
- 25. Thanks