[osgeo-ph] Fwd: [Qgis-user] Announcing the release of QGIS 2.2

[maning sambale]

Yes RK, QGIS 2,0 book by Anita is still relevant.  Most of the changes
were in the map composer.
So far, I love the the "paste as memory layer" feature.

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:09 AM, RK <rk.aranas at gmail.com> wrote:
> Awesome! Hopefully the book isn't obsolete yet. XD
>
>
> Romer Kristi D. Aranas
> Graduate Student
> Master of Science in Geomatics Engineering
> Department of Geodetic Engineering
> University of the Philippines
> Diliman, Quezon City
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:06 AM, maning sambale
> <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> FYI.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jürgen E. <jef at norbit.de>
>> Date: Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 4:58 PM
>> Subject: [Qgis-user] Announcing the release of QGIS 2.2
>> To: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org, qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>>
>>
>> QGIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System
>> that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows.
>>
>> We are very pleased to announce the release of QGIS 2.2 'Valmiera'.  The
>> emphasis on this release has been very much on polish and performance - we
>> have
>> added many new features, tweaks and enhancements to make the user
>> interface
>> more consistent and professional looking (and hopefully easier to use).
>> The
>> composer (used for creating print ready maps) has had a lot of work done
>> to it
>> to make it a more viable platform for creating great cartographic outputs.
>>
>> This is first release following our new four month release schedule that
>> is
>> meant to make new features and bugfixes available quicker and the
>> development
>> and new releases more predictable.
>>
>> In order to streamline the release process, we only release the source
>> code
>> today.  The binaries will be created in close succession by the individual
>> package maintainers.  The source code is and the binaries soon will be
>> available via the large download link on our home page: http://qgis.org
>>
>> If there is not yet a binary package for your platform on the above page,
>> please check back regularly as packagers push out their work and the
>> download page will reflect the new packages.
>>
>>
>> A word of thanks to our contributors, donors and sponsors
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> QGIS is a largely volunteer driven project, and is the work of a dedicated
>> team
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>> gratitude
>> for the many, many hours people have contributed to make this release
>> happen.
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>> QGIS and
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>> we are
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>> Visual tour of the new release:
>> --------------------------------------
>>
>> You can find a list of highlighted changes and new features listed on the
>> detailed release announcement available here:
>>
>> *
>> http://changelog.linfiniti.com/qgis/version/21/
>> *
>>
>>
>> Give us your feedback:
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
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>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> The QGIS Team!
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>>
>>
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