[QGIS Commit] r8611 - docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide

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Date: 2008-06-07 00:00:30 -0400 (Sat, 07 Jun 2008)
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-\section{Forward}\label{label_forward}
-\pagenumbering{arabic}
-\setcounter{page}{1}
-
-Welcome to the wonderful world of Geographical Information Systems (GIS)!
-Quantum GIS (QGIS) is an Open Source Geographic Information System. The project
-was born in May of 2002 and was established as a project on SourceForge in June
-of the same year. We've worked hard to make GIS software (which is traditionaly
-expensive proprietary software) a viable prospect for anyone with basic access
-to a Personal Computer. QGIS currently runs on most Unix platforms, Windows, and
-OS X. QGIS is developed using the Qt toolkit (\url{http://www.trolltech.com})
-and C++. This means that QGIS feels snappy to use and has a pleasing, easy to
-use graphical user interface. 
-
-QGIS aims to be an easy to use GIS, providing common functions and features.
-The initial goal was to provide a GIS data viewer. QGIS has reached that point
-in its evolution and is being used by many for their daily GIS data viewing
-needs. QGIS supports a number of raster and vector data formats, with new
-support easily added using the plugin architecture (see Appendix
-\ref{appdx_data_formats} for a full list of currenly supported data formats).
-QGIS is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Developing QGIS 
-under this license means that you can inspect and modify the source code
-and guarantees that you, our happy user will always have access to a GIS
-program that is free of cost and can be freely modified. You should have
-received a full copy of the license with your copy of QGIS, and you also
-find it as Appendix \ref{gpl_appendix}.  
-
-\begin{quote}
-\begin{center}
-\textbf{Note:} The latest version of this document can always be found at \newline
-http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/doc/manual/
-\end{center}
-\end{quote}
-
-\subsection{Features}\label{label_majfeat}
-
-QGIS offers many common GIS functionalities provided by core features and
-plugins. As a short summary they are presented in six categories to gain a
-first insight.
-
-\minisec{View data}
-
-You can view and overlay vector and raster data in different formats and
-projections without conversion to an internal or common format. Supported
-formats include:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item spatially-enabled PostgreSQL tables using PostGIS, \textbf{most} vector
-formats\footnote{OGR-supported database formats are not yet supported in QGIS.}
-supported by the OGR library, including ESRI shapefiles, MapInfo,
-SDTS and GML.
-\item all raster formats supported by the GDAL library, such as digital
-elevation models, aerial photography or landsat imagery,
-\item GRASS mapsets, 
-\item Online spatial data served as OGC-compliant WMS or WFS.
-\end{itemize}
-
-\minisec{Explore data and compose maps} 
-
-You can compose maps and interactively explore spatial data with a friendly
-graphical user interface. The many helpful tools available in the GUI include:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item on the fly projection
-\item map composer
-\item overview panel
-\item spatial bookmarks
-\item identify/select features
-\item edit/view/search attributes
-\item feature labeling
-\item change vector and raster symbology
-\item add a graticule layer
-\item decorate your map with a north arrow scale bar and copyright label
-\item save and restore projects
-\end{itemize}
-
-\minisec{Create, edit and export data}
-
-You can create, edit and export vector maps in several formats. Raster data
-have to imported into GRASS to be able to edit and export them into other
-formats.  
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item digitizing tools for OGR formats and GRASS vector
-\item creating and editing shapefiles
-\item geocode images with the georeferencer plugin
-\item using the GPS tools to import and export GPX format, convert other GPS
-formats to GPX or down/upload directly to a GPS unit
-\item creating PostGIS layers from shapefiles with the SPIT plugin 
-\end{itemize}
-
-\minisec{Analyse data} 
-
-You can perform spatial data analysis on PostgreSQL/PostGIS and other OGR
-supported formats using the geoprocessing plugin. It currently offers buffer,
-intersection, union, dissolve, difference and convex hull. Or you use the 
-integrated GRASS tools, including the complete GRASS functionality, e.g:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item Image processing (image fusion, classification, filtering, enhancement)
-\item Raster analysis (map algebra, terrain analysis, hydrologic modeling
-\item Vector analysis (digitizing, union, intersection, buffer)
-\item Network analysis (shortest path, travelling salesman)
-\end{itemize}
-
-\minisec{Publish maps on the internet}
-
-QGIS can be used to export data to a mapfile and to visualize them in the
-internet using a webserver with UMN MapServer installed. QGIS can also
-be used as a WMS and WFS client and WMS server. 
-
-\minisec{Extend QGIS functionality through plugins} 
-
-Quantum GIS can be adapted to your special needs with the extensible
-plugin architecture, providing libraries that can be used to create plugins
-or even new applications with C++ or Python.     
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item \textbf{Core Plugins}
-\\ \\ Add WFS Layer
-\\ Add Delimited Text Layer
-\\ Decorations (Copyright Label, North Arrow and Scale bar)
-\\ Georeferencer
-\\ GPS Tools
-\\ GRASS integration
-\\ Graticule Creator
-\\ SPIT Shapefile to PostgreSQL/PostGIS Import Tool
-\\ Python Console
-\\ Python Plugin Installer
-\\ \item \textbf{Python Plugins} 
-\\ \\ QGIS offers a growing number of python plugins, provided by the
-community. These plugins can be browsed and installed from the official
-PyQGIS repository using the python plugin installer.
-\end{itemize}
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