[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
===================================================================
--- 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 
 ----------------------------------------
 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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