New features of Quantum GIS

Current situation and next steps

Paolo Cavallini

cavallini@faunalia.it http://www.faunalia.it

QGIS is going strong

QGIS is not a desktop GIS

• Well, not only
  • QGIS server
  • two different web browsers

Good advices

• First: upgrade
• Second: if you have problems, let us know
• Third: if you have problems, let us know!
• So, what's new in 1.8 "Lisboa"?
• Lots of bugs fixed, more stability, blabla
• But also:

Browser

• Unified panel for raster, vector, databases and Web Services
• Double-click or Drag & Drop loading
• Direct reading of zipped and gzipped layers

Databases

• DB Manager
  • moving layers between shapefiles, PostGIS and SpatiaLite
  • Drag & Drop!
  • create Query layers
  • Manage your database
• Native support for MicroSoft SQL Server Spatial

Expressions

• Expression based labelling
• Expressions in Field calculator

More symbology

• New fills
  • custom grids
  • custom point
• Ellypse, rectangle, triangle symbols
• Copy and paste styles between layers
• Legend-independent drawing order
• Easier layer grouping
• Import-export of Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD)

Layer embedding

• Nesting projects within other projects
  • the link is dynamic: when the source project changes, all the derivates are changed
  • very good for consistency in groups of users

Message log

• All the diagnostic can be shown
  • success
  • warnings
  • errors

Interface customization

• The interface of QGIS can now be entirely customized
• Customization can be saved and applied to other PC
• Useful for schools, fieldwork, specialized uses

Direct Actions

• Now you can run Actions with a single click on the map
• Useful default actions

More analyses

• New tools for terrain analysis (slope, aspect, etc.)
• ... and for nice shaded maps
• Heathmaps
  • concentration of points
  • user-selectable decay rate

New plugins infrastructure

• Centralized
• More info
• Votes
• Publish your own!

Lots of plugins

• InaSAFE (Indonesia Scenario Assessment for Emergencies)
  • natural hazard impact scenarios for planning, preparedness and response activities
  • sponsored by World Bank

Lots of plugins

• GEM-MT (Global Earthquake Model - Modeller Toolkit)
  • earthquake classification and analysis
  • sponsored by Australian National University

That's not all

• See a complete list at:
  • http://www.qgis.org/en/about-qgis/qgis-releases.html

Near future: ready

• Thousands of color ramps, vector and raster
• Raster overhaul (including symbology)
• Raster resampling
• Raster Save as... function
• Diagrams overhaul
• Python console overhaul (syntax highlighting, autocompletion, etc.)
• HTML support in map tips

Near future: ready

• Printing
  • HTML support in print composer
  • On the fly overview map in print composer
  • Atlas integration for composer
  • Multipage compositions

Near future: ready

• Web services
  • Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) Client Support
  • Web Coverage Service (WCS) Client support
  • Support for geometryless WFS tables
  • Improved SLD support

Near future: must be

• SIP Bindings revision
• Symbology overhaul
• Labelling overhaul
• Web site and docs update (new system)

Near future: must be

• SEXTANTE analysis framework integration

Near future: maybe

• Fixed 3D globe
• Oracle native provider
• Universal usage of expression builder
• Transactional WFS support for QGIS Server
• Multi-threading
  • faster, progressive, non-blocker

In QGIS, every user counts

Happy free mapping!

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