:Author: OSGeo-Live
:Reviewer: Cameron Shorter, LISAsoft
:Version: osgeo-live6.5
:License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

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QGIS
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Desktop GIS
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QGIS is a user friendly, Open Source, GIS client where
you can visualize, manage, edit, analyse data, and compose printable maps.
It includes powerful analytical functionality through integration with :doc:`GRASS <grass_overview>`.
It runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows and supports numerous vector,
raster and database formats and functionality.

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Core Features
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* Friendly graphical user interface.

    * identify/select features,
    * edit/view/search attributes,
    * on the fly projection,
    * print composer,
    * feature labeling,
    * change vector and raster symbology,
    * add a graticule layer,
    * and more ...

* Easy Viewing of many Vector and Raster Formats

    * database tables: PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, MS SQL Spatial, SpatiaLite
    * most vector formats: including ESRI shapefiles, MapInfo, SDTS and GML, OpenStreetMap vectors
    * raster formats such as digital elevation models, aerial photography or landsat imagery,
    * GRASS locations and mapsets,
    * online spatial data served as OGC-compliant WMS, WMTS, WFS or WCS

* Create, edit and export spatial data using:

    * digitizing tools for GRASS and shapefile formats,
    * the georeferencer plugin,
    * GPS tools to import and export GPX format, convert other GPS formats to GPX, or down/upload directly to a GPS unit

* Perform spatial analysis using integrated support for SAGA, OTB, MMGIS, fTools and GRASS 

    * map algebra,
    * terrain analysis,
    * hydrologic modeling,
    * network analysis,
    * comprehensive searchable toolbox of functions,
    * define and run reusable analysis routines by chaining functions using a graphical modelling tool,
    * and many others.

* Publish to the internet
* Extensible plugin architecture.

Implemented Standards
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* OGC standards compliant (WMS,WFS(Plugin))

Details
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**Website:** http://www.qgis.org

**Licence:** GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2

**Software Version:** 2.4.0

**Supported Platforms:** Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix

**Community Support:** http://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/support.html

**Commercial Support:** http://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/commercial_support.html


Quickstart
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* :doc:`Quickstart documentation <../quickstart/qgis_quickstart>`