Users Corner¶

This page provides services, links, and various interesting information for QGIS users. It is managed by the Community Team (Users and Conference Corner Team Lead) Lars Stöwesand. If you plan to contribute to this page or to the Conference Corner, please contact Lars Stöwesand using the qgis-community-team mailing list.

• Users Corner
  • How to get QGIS
  • How to use QGIS
    • HowTos
      • QGIS API
      • GRASS
    • Hints and tips
    • Forums
  • Special interest groups
  • Add additional functionality (Plug-ins)
  • How to contribute
    • Wish Lists
  • Usage Reports
  • Conference Corner
    • QGIS Developer Meetings (Hackfests and Bughuntings)
    • QGIS User Meetings
    • Conferences
  • Even more

How to get QGIS¶

The current release is available from http://download.qgis.org/

• You'll find instructions for supported OS on the Download page
• getting help with the OSGeo4wSetup Windows installer
• QGIS installation guide for Linux systems (in Russian)

Our sample dataset can be downloaded at http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/data/

You can find the Changelogs of the latest versions at:

• QGIS 1.7.2 'Wroclaw'
• QGIS 1.7.1 'Wroclaw'
• QGIS 1.7.0 'Wroclaw'
• QGIS 1.6.0 'Copiapó' Changelog
• QGIS 1.5.0 Changelog
• QGIS 1.4.0 'Enceladus' Changelog
• QGIS 1.3.0 'Mimas' Changelog
• QGIS 1.2.0 'Daphnis' Changelog
• QGIS 1.1.0 'Pan' Changelog
• QGIS 1.0.0 'Kore' Presentation

How to use QGIS¶

HowTos¶

• User guide
• Using OpenStreetMap data
• How do I do that in QGIS? - A set of how-tos for common QGIS tasks
• QGIS tutorial revised for QGIS 1.4 from Amanda Wallace and Thomas R. Mueller. Department of Earth Sciences, California University of Academia.edu
• QGIS questions on the gis.stackexchange - A source of Q&As for QGIS and other GIS systems.
• GIS Practicum Manual - Introduction to GIS Using Open Source Software - This manual is used in the day-long workshop held at Baruch each semester, Introduction to GIS Using Open Source Software using QGIS.
• QGIS basics for journalists - QGIS is a free, open source GIS application for Windows and Mac that provides a great starting point for journalists who want to learn to explore data with maps.
• Beginning QGIS - In this tutorial we will learn how to use Quantum GIS, or QGIS, a free, open-source application for working with geographic mobile data.
• GIS Tutorials and Tips - updated for QGIS 2.0 - Beginner to Advanced level QGIS tutorials with screenshots

non-English documentation:

• Quantum GIS 1.8 course with 44 labs/videos about remote sensing & terrain analysis (in Greek) + Free Geodata from Greece by George Ch. Miliaresis
• Guia do Usuário da versão 1.7.4 do QGIS (in Portuguese)
• Apostila Quantum GIS Incra - 5ª versão (in Portuguese)
• Cartografia de Risco de Incêndio Florestal com Software Open Source - Elaboração e Disponibilização - Aplicação ao Concelho de Pinhel (Portugal) by Pedro Nuno Gomes Venâncio (in Portuguese)
• Video about Water Resources Management with QGIS (in Spanish).
• QGIS Tutoriales y Consejos (Translated into Spanish).
• categorie meilleurs livres (in French).
• Fiches d’aide à QuantumGIS (in French)
• introduction au matériel de sécurité coffre fort et armoire forte pour les sauvegardes informatiques sur le site http://www.infosafe.fr ( in French )
• Introdução ao QGIS (in Portuguese)
• Introductión al manejo del software libre Quantum GIS 1.6 (3MB) including Data practicos (22MB) (in Spanish)
• Instalação do QGIS versão 1.5 'Tethys' (in Portuguese)
• de Complementos (Plugins) do QGIS (in Portuguese)
• Análise Espacial de Dados de Parcelas Georreferenciadas (in Portuguese)
• Realizando uma consulta simples (in Portuguese)
• Simbolizando com arquivos de estilos (in Portuguese)
• Exportação vetorial em diferentes Sistemas Geodésicos de Referência (in Portuguese)
• Cálculo de área de parcelas (in Portuguese)
• Utilizando diferentes Sistemas Geodésicos de Referência (in Portuguese)
• Utilizando o Plugin CADTools (in Portuguese)
• Visualização de arquivos DGN (in Portuguese)
• Cálculo de comprimento de linhas (in Portuguese)
• Manual do QGIS 1.4.0 (traduzido pelo SIPAM) (in Portuguese)
• Elaboración de polígonos Thiessen con QGIS (In Spanish)
• Georeferenciación de imagen con QGIS
• Série “Quebrando tabus”: visualizar orientação da declividade usando o QGIS (in Portuguese)
• Trabalhando com Favoritos Geográficos no QGIS (in Portuguese)
• Instalando Plugins Python no Quantum GIS (in Portuguese)
• Geração de Centróides no Quantum GIS (in Portuguese)
• Hiperlink no Quantum GIS (in Portuguese)
• Criar Mapfile a partir do Quantum GIS (in Portuguese)
• Conectar PostGis com o Quantum GIS (in Portuguese)
• Importando Shapefile para o PostGis via Ferramenta do Quantum GIS (in Portuguese)
• QGIS tutorial collection, QGIS oktatóanyagok (in Hungarian)

QGIS API¶

• building a standalone application using PyQGIS - (in Spanish)
• Creating standalone application using Python and QGIS (in Russian)

GRASS¶

• QGIS GRASS Cookbook - Collection of recipes for typical GIS tasks

Hints and tips¶

• Using Projections - Using dynamic projections, examples are given from a GPS usage case.
• Georeferencing using QGIS (in Russian)
• Workaround limitation for adding fields to shapefiles in QGIS (in Russian)
• Editing vector data in QGIS (in Russian)
• Connecting to ArcSDE databases
• Connecting to ArcGIS 'mapserver' REST layers

Forums¶

• Official QGIS forum in English
• QGIS forum in Polish
• QGIS forum in Russian
• QGIS forum in Japanese

Special interest groups¶

• Ecology Tools
• Transportation Tools
• Hydrology and Hydraulic modelling
• UK Ordnance Survey Users

Add additional functionality (Plug-ins)¶

Additional plugins for QGIS are available in Python Plugin Repositories.

• Writing Plugins
• PyQGIS plugin repository

How to contribute¶

Did you attend any fair or conference with QGIS users in action? You have information, oppionions, or photos to share? Contact us at [email protected]!

Wish Lists¶

• Vector Support Wishes
• Raster Support Wishes
• General User Interface Wishes

To make sure, developers find your improvement ideas, please subscribe to the QGIS bug tracker and add your whishes there as well!

Usage Reports¶

• QGIS Case Studies
• Reference Users List

Conference Corner¶

The conference corner provides services, links and various interesting information about conferences where QGIS is or could be presented. If you are willing to present QGIS on a conference or if you would like to make other qgis user related contributions to the Users Corner, please write to the qgis-community-team mailing list.

QGIS Developer Meetings (Hackfests and Bughuntings)¶

Hackfest

• 15th QGIS Developer Meeting in Girona, Spain, 2015
• 14th QGIS Developer Meeting in Gran Canaria 2015
• 10. QGIS Developer Meeting in Brighton 2013
• 9. QGIS Developer Meeting in Valmiera 2013
• 8. QGIS Developer Meeting in Essen 2012
• 7. QGIS Developer Meeting in Lyon 2012
• 6. QGIS Developer Meeting in Zurich 2011
• 5. QGIS Hackfest in Lisbon 2011
• 4. QGIS Hackfest in Wroclaw 2010
• 3. QGIS Hackfest in Pisa 2010
• 2. QGIS Hackfest in Vienna 2009
• 1. QGIS Hackfest in Hannover 2009

Bughuntings

• 1. QGIS Bughunting in Moscow 2009

QGIS User Meetings¶

• QGIS UK - North User Group Meeting, Newcastle, 12 Feb 2015
• Aussie QGIS User Meeting, April 2013
• QGIS-Höck_Zürich_2_Dezember_16_00-19_00

Conferences¶

• Conferences and Exhibitions

Even more¶

• Recording Flash Movies
• Data manipulation with ogr2ogr
• Building Distro Independent Linux Bundle