QGIS » QGIS Application

h1. Users Corner

This page provides services, links, and various interesting information for QGIS users. It is managed by the [[People|Community Team]] (Users and Conference Corner Team Lead) Lars Stöwesand. If you plan to contribute to this page or to the [[Users_Corner#Conference_Corner|Conference Corner]], please contact Lars Stöwesand using the "qgis-community-team mailing list":http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-community-team.

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h2. How to get QGIS 

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

* You'll find instructions for supported OS on the [[Download|Download page]]

* getting help with the [[OSGeo4wSetup]] Windows installer

* "QGIS installation guide for Linux systems":http://gis-lab.info/qa/qgis-install-linux.html _*(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":http://blog.qgis.org/node/146

* "QGIS 1.5.0 Changelog":http://blog.qgis.org/node/145

* "QGIS 1.4.0 'Enceladus' Changelog":http://blog.qgis.org/node/142

* "QGIS 1.3.0 'Mimas' Changelog":http://blog.qgis.org/node/138

* "QGIS 1.2.0 'Daphnis' Changelog":http://blog.qgis.org/node/137

* "QGIS 1.1.0 'Pan' Changelog":http://blog.qgis.org/node/134

* "QGIS 1.0.0 'Kore' Presentation":http://blog.qgis.org/node/123

h2. How to use QGIS 

h3. HowTos 

* "User guide":http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation.html 

* [[Using OpenStreetMap data]]

* [[How do I do that in QGIS|How do I do that in QGIS?]] - A set of how-tos for common QGIS tasks

* "QGIS tutorial":http://www.qgis.org/wiki/File:JonesFalls_Qgis.pdf revised for QGIS 1.4 from Amanda Wallace and Thomas R. Mueller. Department of Earth Sciences, California University of "Academia.edu":http://cyberworldltd.academia.edu/RobertPattinson/

* "QGIS questions on the gis.stackexchange":http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/qgis - A source of Q&As for QGIS and other GIS systems.

* "GIS Practicum Manual - Introduction to GIS Using Open Source Software":http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/geoportal/practicum/ - 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":http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/qgis-basics-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":http://www.learnosm.org/qgis-tutorial/ - In this tutorial we will learn how to use Quantum GIS, or QGIS, a free, open-source application for working with geographic "mobile":http://mobile.www.monde.org/ data.

* "GIS Tutorials and Tips - updated for QGIS 2.0":http://www.qgistutorials.com/en/ - 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":http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13604252/_qgis/_qgis.html (in Greek) + "Free Geodata from Greece":https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13604252/dem_gr/data.html by George Ch. Miliaresis

* "Guia do Usuário da versão 1.7.4 do QGIS":http://qgisbrasil.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/guia-do-usuario-parcial-da-versao-1-7-3/ (in Portuguese)

* "Apostila Quantum GIS Incra - 5ª versão":http://www.incra.gov.br/index.php/servicos/publicacoes/manuais-e-procedimentos/file/1193-apostila-qgis-incra-5-versao  (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":http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5772257/Cartografia_de_Risco_de_Incendio_Florestal_com_Software_Open_Source.pdf (in Portuguese)

* "Video about Water Resources Management with QGIS (5 min)":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M7F3H64wtg (in Spanish).

* "QGIS Tutoriales y Consejos":http://www.qgistutorials.com/es/ (Translated into Spanish).

* "categorie meilleurs livres":https://www.editions-saphira.com/categorie-produit/meilleurs-livres-histoire/ (in French).

* "Fiches d’aide à QuantumGIS":http://sigea.educagri.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/doc_prof/guerreiro/QGis/Fiches_QGIS_V1104.pdf (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":http://sig.cm-valedecambra.pt/portal/downloads?q=webfm_send/52 (in Portuguese)

* "Introductión al manejo del software libre Quantum GIS 1.6":http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/doc/workshops/qgis1.6_tutorial_spanish.pdf (3MB) including "Data practicos":http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/doc/workshops/qgis1.6_tutorial_spanish_data_practicos.zip (22MB) (in Spanish)

* "Instalação do QGIS versão 1.5 'Tethys'":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/Tutorial_-_Instala%c3%a7%c3%a3o_do_QGIS_1.5_Tethys.pdf (in Portuguese)

* "de Complementos (Plugins) do QGIS":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/Tutorial_2a_-_Instala%c3%a7%c3%a3o_de_Plugins_do_QGIS_v3.pdfInstalação (in Portuguese)

* "Análise Espacial de Dados de Parcelas Georreferenciadas":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/Tutorial_An%c3%a1lise_Espacial_Dados_Georref_20101105.odp (in Portuguese)

* "Realizando uma consulta simples":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/TutorialQGIS_Realizando_pesquisas_simples_20101105.odp (in Portuguese)

* "Simbolizando com arquivos de estilos":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/TutorialQGIS_Simbolizando_com_arquivo_de_estilo_20101105.odp (in Portuguese)

* "Exportação vetorial em diferentes Sistemas Geodésicos de Referência":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/TutorialQGIS_Conversao_DGN_UTMSAD69_UTMSIRGAS_29112010.odp (in Portuguese)

* "Cálculo de área de parcelas":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/TurorialQGIS_Introducao_ao_QGIS_Calculo_de_Area_de_Parcelas_03112010.odp (in Portuguese)

* "Utilizando diferentes Sistemas Geodésicos de Referência":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/TutorialQGIS_Usando_diferentes_SGR_27102010.odp (in Portuguese)

* "Utilizando o Plugin CADTools":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/file/TutorialQGIS_Usando_o_Plugin_CadTools_10122010.odp (in Portuguese)

* "Visualização de arquivos DGN":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/TutorialQGIS_Inser%c3%a7%c3%a3o_de_arquivos_DGN.odp (in Portuguese)

* "Cálculo de comprimento de linhas":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/TutorialQGis_Calculo_de_comprimento_de_linhas_20110210.odp (in Portuguese)

* "Manual do QGIS 1.4.0 (traduzido pelo SIPAM) ":http://portal.mda.gov.br/terralegal/pages/download/file/qgis-1.4.0_manual_do_usu%c3%a1rio_0.1c.pdf (in Portuguese)

* "Elaboración de polígonos Thiessen con QGIS":http://qgisbrasil.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/tutorial_qgis_thiessen.pdf (In Spanish)

* "Georeferenciación de imagen con QGIS (In Spanish)":http://qgisbrasil.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/unacinux_tutorial_qgis_georeferrenciacion.pdf

* "Série “Quebrando tabus”: visualizar orientação da declividade usando o QGIS":http://geoluislopes.blogspot.com/2011/10/serie-quebrando-tabus-visualizar.html (in Portuguese)

* "Trabalhando com Favoritos Geográficos no QGIS":http://andersonmedeiros.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/trabalhando-com-favoritos-geograficos-no-qgis/ (in Portuguese)

* "Instalando Plugins Python no Quantum GIS":http://andersonmedeiros.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/instalando-plugins-python-qgis/ (in Portuguese)

* "Geração de Centróides no Quantum GIS":http://andersonmedeiros.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/centroides-quantum-gis/ (in Portuguese)

* "Hiperlink no Quantum GIS":http://andersonmedeiros.wordpress.com/2010/12/24/hyperlink-qgis-160-capiapo/ (in Portuguese)

* "Criar Mapfile a partir do Quantum GIS":http://andersonmedeiros.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/criar-mapfile-mapserver-qgis/ (in Portuguese)

* "Conectar PostGis com o Quantum GIS":http://www.clickgeo.com.br/ConectarPostGis-QGis.pdf (in Portuguese)

* "Importando Shapefile para o PostGis via Ferramenta do Quantum GIS":http://www.clickgeo.com.br/ImportarSHPPostGisviaQgis.pdf (in Portuguese)

* "QGIS tutorial collection, QGIS oktatóanyagok":http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/qgis (in Hungarian)

h4. QGIS API 

* building a "standalone application using PyQGIS":http://downloads.tuxfamily.org/tuxgis/geoblogs/visorShapefiles_PyQGIS/Visor_de_Shapefiles_QGIS_Python.pdf - _*(in Spanish)*_

* "Creating standalone application using Python and QGIS":http://gis-lab.info/qa/qgis-standalone.html _*(in Russian)*_

h4. GRASS

* "QGIS GRASS Cookbook":http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/QGIS_GRASS_Cookbook - Collection of recipes for typical GIS tasks

h3. Hints and tips 

* [[Using Projections]] - Using dynamic projections, examples are given from a GPS usage case.

* "Georeferencing using QGIS":http://gis-lab.info/qa/georef-qgis.html _*(in Russian)*_

* "Workaround limitation for adding fields to shapefiles in QGIS":http://gis-lab.info/qa/qgis-attr.html _*(in Russian)*_

* "Editing vector data in QGIS":http://gis-lab.info/qa/qgis-vector.html _*(in Russian)*_

* [[Connecting to ArcSDE databases]]

* "Connecting to ArcGIS 'mapserver' REST layers":http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/Arcgis_rest

h3. Forums 

* "Official QGIS forum in English":http://forum.qgis.org/

* "QGIS forum in Polish":http://forum.quantum-gis.pl/

* "QGIS forum in Russian":http://gis-lab.info/forum/viewforum.php?f=27

* "QGIS forum in Japanese":http://sourceforge.jp/projects/qgis-jp/

h2. Special interest groups 

* [[Ecology Tools]]

* [[Transportation Tools]]

* [[Hydrology and Hydraulic modelling]]

* [[UK Ordnance Survey Users]]

h2. Add additional functionality (Plug-ins) 

Additional plugins for QGIS are available in [[Python Plugin Repositories]].

* [[Writing Plugins]]

* "PyQGIS plugin repository":http://pyqgis.org/

h2. 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]!

h3. 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":https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ and add your whishes there as well!

h2. Usage Reports 

* [[QGIS Case Studies]]

* [[Reference Users List]]

h2. 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. 

h3. 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]]

h3. 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]]

h3. Conferences 

* [[Conferences and Exhibitions]]

h2. Even more 

* [[Recording Flash Movies]]

* Data manipulation with [[ogr2ogr]]

* [[Building Distro Independent Linux Bundle]]