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

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi,

I assumed `Q` came from the Qt framework used since the beginning, but
only Gary knos that for sure.

All the best.


Il 09/03/2018 11:35 PM, gavin.schrock at xyht.com ha scritto:
> Thank you Tim,
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> 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.
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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
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> Hi Gavin
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>> On 03 Sep 2018, at 23:02, gavin.schrock at xyht.com
>> <mailto:gavin.schrock at xyht.com> <gavin.schrock at xyHt.com
>> <mailto:gavin.schrock at xyHt.com>> wrote:
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>> 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?
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> 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.
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> Regards
>  
> Tim
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>> Kindest regards,
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>> Gavin Schrock, PLS
>> Editor, xyHt Magazine
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