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LaminatorX
on Thursday February 27 2014, @11:03PM
from the All-roads-lead-to-where-now? dept.
from the All-roads-lead-to-where-now? dept.
An Anonymous Coward writes:
"Good news, everyone! A brand-new version of QGIS has been released (changelog). QGIS, a full-featured GPL-licensed GIS program has been under active development for twelve years and is now at version 2.2. Funded by a wide range of organizations, the QGIS project lets users create professional-quality maps that compete well with the output of established proprietary GIS packages like ArcView and MapInfo. Notable features of the program include its support for a wide range of file formats, modular design, map server, web publishing, as well as easy python scripting, and an extensive python plugin library.
For those interested, versions are available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Windows, MacOS X, and Android here."
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(Score: 1) by norite on Friday February 28 2014, @12:08AM
Agreed. Companies like ESRI ought to be getting worried; at the very least they should start dropping the price for the products. Why should businesses pay $$$ for an ArcInfo licence when it can be done for free in QGIS?