[QGIS Commit] r14887 - trunk/qgis
svn_qgis at osgeo.org
svn_qgis at osgeo.org
Sat Dec 11 00:22:47 EST 2010
Author: gsherman
Date: 2010-12-10 21:22:47 -0800 (Fri, 10 Dec 2010)
New Revision: 14887
Modified:
trunk/qgis/README
Log:
Updated README
Modified: trunk/qgis/README
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--- trunk/qgis/README 2010-12-10 22:28:31 UTC (rev 14886)
+++ trunk/qgis/README 2010-12-11 05:22:47 UTC (rev 14887)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-README for QGIS version 1.4 'Enceladus'
+README for QGIS
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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
@@ -6,22 +6,22 @@
software (which is traditionaly expensive commercial 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 (http://www.trolltech.com) and C++. This
+developed using the Qt toolkit (http://qt.nokia.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
+daily GIS data viewing and editing needs. QGIS supports a number of raster
+and vector data formats, with new support easily added using the plugin
architecture.
-QGIS is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). Devloping QGIS
-under this license means that you can (if you want to) 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.
+QGIS is released under the GNU Public License (GPL) Version 2. Devloping
+QGIS under this license means that you can (if you want to) 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.
Supported raster formats include:
Grass
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
ESRI Shapefiles
PostgreSQL/PostGIS
GRASS
-
+ Spatialite
+ Other OGR supported formats
NOTE -- Please follow the installation instructions carefully.
After untarring the distribution, you can find the HTML version of the
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