[Qgis-psc] A question on the etymology of QGIS

Mon Sep 3 14:35:35 PDT 2018

Thank you Tim,

 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.

 G

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 From: "Tim Sutton" <tim at kartoza.com>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2018 2:23 PM
To: gavin.schrock at xyht.com
Cc: "qgis-psc" <qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org>, "Paolo Cavallini" <cavallini at faunalia.it>
Subject: Re: [Qgis-psc] A question on the etymology of QGIS   
Hi Gavin       On 03 Sep 2018, at 23:02, gavin.schrock at xyht.com <gavin.schrock at xyHt.com> wrote:
    Hi Paolo and team,

 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".

 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: at one time referred to as Quantum GIS, but now simply as QGIS

 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?

 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.

 Regards

 Tim

 Kindest regards,

   Gavin Schrock, PLS

  Editor, xyHt Magazine

  www.xyht.com

  +206-816-9338

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