<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,<br><br></div>I was also always assuming that the "Q" stems from the fact, that the qt library is essential in the creation of QGIS. qt is the cross-platform library that allows us to deliver QGIS on many different operating systems. It provides the GUI (graphical user interface), rendering (2D and 3D), network access, calculations and many more. But it is not the only library that is essential for QGIS. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_(software)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_(software)</a> for more information on QT.<br><br></div><div>Or maybe the "Q" still refers to "Quantum" - which I would assume that it means that it is a very "small" GIS, referring to the humble beginnings of QGIS, which as far as I know started as a Postgis viewer.<br><br></div><div>@Gary - could you please comment on this question?<br><br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>Andreas<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 September 2018 at 07:33, Paolo Cavallini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it" target="_blank">cavallini@faunalia.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I assumed `Q` came from the Qt framework used since the
beginning, but only Gary knos that for sure.</p>
<p>All the best.<br>
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<div class="m_-387455541502688410moz-cite-prefix">Il 09/03/2018 11:35 PM,
<a class="m_-387455541502688410moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gavin.schrock@xyht.com" target="_blank">gavin.schrock@xyht.com</a> ha scritto:<br>
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<div>Thank you Tim,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>It only gets mentioned once, a to note that it was once
used but is now no longer, only in the article mentioning the
origins ,and for all other articles QGIS is the only term
used.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>G</div>
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<div><span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><b>From</b>: "Tim Sutton"
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"Paolo Cavallini" <a class="m_-387455541502688410moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it" target="_blank"><cavallini@faunalia.it></a><br>
<b>Subject</b>: Re: [Qgis-psc] A question on the etymology
of QGIS</span>
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Hi Gavin
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<div>On 03 Sep 2018, at 23:02, <a href="mailto:gavin.schrock@xyht.com" target="_blank">gavin.schrock@xyht.com</a>
<<a href="mailto:gavin.schrock@xyHt.com" target="_blank">gavin.schrock@xyHt.com</a>>
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<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">Hi Paolo and team,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">I have a quick
question regarding the 4 articles appearing in the
September issue of xyHt Magazine. There are four
articles containing insights from you, Nick B,
Anita, Tim S, etc. I'm the editor of xyHt and a
question has come up about the Q in QGIS. The
running of these articles came directly f=as
result of inquiries from our readers asking to
learn more about QGIS. One of the questions, while
perhaps trivial was "what is the meaning of the Q
in QGIS".</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">I fully understand
that in the present that no one would ever refer
to QGIS with the 'quantum' prefix, but it was part
of the history and all we wanted to do was resolve
the mystery of the 'Q" by stating: <em><b>at one
time referred to as Quantum GIS, but now
simply as QGIS</b></em></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">One of the article
contributors would like us to remove any mention
of 'quantum', but is that the desire of the entire
team? We are a news publication, and the history
is part of the news. Does the board have any
problem with us mentioning this item from the
history of QGIS as stated above?</span></div>
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<div>I think there is no problem mentioning that it was
formally called Quantum GIS, but it would be good to use
QGIS consistently after that. The Q / Quantum word don’t
have any deeper meaning that I am aware of.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Regards</div>
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<div>Tim</div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">Kindest regards,</span></div>
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