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QGIS News
Change history for the QGIS Project
Wednesday September 11, 2013
Thursday February 20, 2014
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1. Whats new in Version 2.0.1 'Dufour'?
2. Whats new in Version 2.0.0 'Dufour'?
3. Whats new in Version 1.8.0 'Lisboa'?
4. Whats new in Version 1.7.2 'Wroclaw'?
5. Whats new in Version 1.7.1 'Wroclaw'?
6. Whats new in Version 1.7.0 'Wroclaw'?
7. Whats new in Version 1.6.0 'Capiapo'?
8. Whats new in Version 1.5.0?
9. Whats new in Version 1.4.0 'Enceladus'?
10. Whats new in Version 1.3.0 'Mimas'?
11. Version 1.2.0 'Daphnis'
12. Version 1.0.0 'Kore'
13. Version 0.11.0 'Metis'
14. Version 0.10.0 'Io'
15. Version 0.9.2rc1 'Ganymede'
16. Version 0.9.1 'Ganymede'
17. Version 0.9 'Ganymede'
18. Version 0.8 'Joesephine' .... development version
19. Version 0.6 'Simon'
20. 0.5
1. Whats new in Version 2.2.0 'Valmiera'?
2. Whats new in Version 2.0.1 'Dufour'?
3. Whats new in Version 2.0.0 'Dufour'?
4. Whats new in Version 1.8.0 'Lisboa'?
5. Whats new in Version 1.7.2 'Wroclaw'?
6. Whats new in Version 1.7.1 'Wroclaw'?
7. Whats new in Version 1.7.0 'Wroclaw'?
8. Whats new in Version 1.6.0 'Capiapo'?
9. Whats new in Version 1.5.0?
10. Whats new in Version 1.4.0 'Enceladus'?
11. Whats new in Version 1.3.0 'Mimas'?
12. Version 1.2.0 'Daphnis'
13. Version 1.0.0 'Kore'
14. Version 0.11.0 'Metis'
15. Version 0.10.0 'Io'
16. Version 0.9.2rc1 'Ganymede'
17. Version 0.9.1 'Ganymede'
18. Version 0.9 'Ganymede'
19. Version 0.8 'Joesephine' .... development version
20. Version 0.6 'Simon'
21. 0.5
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Last Updated: Wednesday September 11, 2013
Last Change : Wednesday September 11, 2013
Last Updated: Thursday February 20, 2014
Last Change : Thursday February 20, 2014
1. Whats new in Version 2.0.1 'Dufour'?
1. Whats new in Version 2.2.0 'Valmiera'?
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This is the minor release sports a number of great new features:
- You can now define 1:n relations for layers.
- It is now possible to export your project to DXF format.
- When pasting a selection, it is now possible to create a new layer on the fly
from the pasted features.
- WMS Legend is now available via a getLegendGraphic request.
- It is now possible to digitise a new feature as an interior ring of an
existing feature.
- Recent expressions are saved in the expression builder for quick re-use.
- You can now set the color for the zebra map border style in composer.
- You can now rotate any element in the print composer.
- Composer window now has scale in the status bar and improved rulers.
- Composer output as image can be created with a world file now so that your
maps are georeferenced.
- Numerous enhancements to the atlas let you preview and print each map sheet.
- It is easier to select overlapped items in the map composer.
- Support for styling pages and shapes has been improved in the map composer.
- QGIS Server can now deliver Web Coverage Service (WCS) maps.
- Gradients can now be used for polygon fills.
- Classes in paletted rasters can now be labelled.
- Colour ramps can now be inverted.
- Rules in the rule based renderer can now be copied and pasted.
- Support for on-the-fly feature generalisation has been added.
- For marker layers you can now define the anchor points / origin of the marker.
- For vector symbology you can now use expressions instead of only a field for
the classification.
- Size and attributes of diagram renderer can now be set using expressions.
- Polygon outlines can be drawn with an inner stroke (to prevent the stroke
being drawn in a neighbouring polygon)
- The visual style of all our properties dialogs has been improved.
- The keybindings for the user interface have been updated to make it easier to
navigate.
- QGS now supports multiple datum transformations.
- 'Processing' now has a script editor.
- 'Processing' can be used headless in scripts.
2. Whats new in Version 2.0.1 'Dufour'?
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This is a small bugfix release to address the missing copyright / credits for
our new splash screen and to update supporting documentation. The spanish
translation was also updated.
2 . Whats new in Version 2.0.0 'Dufour'?
3 . Whats new in Version 2.0.0 'Dufour'?
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This is a new major release. Building on the foundation of
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you to explore the software and discover them all!
3 . Whats new in Version 1.8.0 'Lisboa'?
4 . Whats new in Version 1.8.0 'Lisboa'?
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This is a new feature release. Building on the foundation of
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- Support for nesting projects within other projects
4 . Whats new in Version 1.7.2 'Wroclaw'?
5 . Whats new in Version 1.7.2 'Wroclaw'?
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This is a bugfix release over version 1.7.1. The following changes
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- Fix broken Assign projection functionality in GDALTools and improve handling output file extension
5 . Whats new in Version 1.7.1 'Wroclaw'?
6 . Whats new in Version 1.7.1 'Wroclaw'?
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This is a bugfix release over version 1.7.0. The following changes
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- Fixed a bug where map= was not being published in onlineresource url when project files are not in the same dir as cgi
6 . Whats new in Version 1.7.0 'Wroclaw'?
7 . Whats new in Version 1.7.0 'Wroclaw'?
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This release is named after the town of Wroclaw in Poland. The Department of
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changed so we will just provide a bullet list of key new features here.
6 .1. Symbology labels and diagrams
7 .1. Symbology labels and diagrams
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- New symbology now used by default!
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- Move/rotate/change label edit tools to interactively change data defined label properties.
6 .2. New Tools
7 .2. New Tools
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- Added GUI for gdaldem.
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- Added voronoi polygon tool to Vector menu.
6 .3. User interface updates
7 .3. User interface updates
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- Allow managing missing layers in a list.
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- General clean-ups and usability improvements.
6 .4. CRS Handling
7 .4. CRS Handling
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- Show active crs in status bar.
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- Default to last selection when prompting for CRS.
6 .5. Rasters
7 .5. Rasters
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- Added AND and OR operator for raster calculator
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- Added raster toolbar with histogram stretch functions.
6 .6. Providers and Data Handling
7 .6. Providers and Data Handling
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- New SQLAnywhere vector provider.
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- Allow OGR 'save as' without attributes (for eg. DGN/DXF).
6 .7. Api and Developer Centric
7 .7. Api and Developer Centric
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- Refactored attribute dialog calls to QgsFeatureAttribute.
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new QgsGeometry.validateGeometry function
6 .8. QGIS Mapserver
7 .8. QGIS Mapserver
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- Ability to specify wms service capabilities in the properties
section of the project file (instead of wms_metadata.xml file).
- Support for wms printing with GetPrint-Request.
6 .9. Plugins
7 .9. Plugins
============
- Support for icons of plugins in the plugin manager dialog.
- Removed quickprint plugin - use easyprint plugin rather from plugin repo.
- Removed ogr converter plugin - use 'save as' context menu rather.
6 .10. Printing
7 .10. Printing
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- Undo/Redo support for the print composer
7 . Whats new in Version 1.6.0 'Capiapo'?
8 . Whats new in Version 1.6.0 'Capiapo'?
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Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As
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7 .1. General Improvements
8 .1. General Improvements
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- Added gpsd support to live gps tracking.
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7 .2. Table of contents (TOC) improvements
8 .2. Table of contents (TOC) improvements
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- Added a new option to the raster legend menu that will stretch the current
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- In the table of contents, it is now possible to select and remove several layers at once.
7 .3. Labelling (New generation only)
8 .3. Labelling (New generation only)
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- Data defined label position in labeling-ng.
- Line wrapping, data defined font and buffer settings for labeling-ng.
7 .4. Layer properties and symbology
8 .4. Layer properties and symbology
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- Three new classification modes added to graduated symbol renderer (version
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the style manager more easily.
7 .5. Map Composer
8 .5. Map Composer
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- add capability to show and manipulate composer item width/ height in item
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- Sorting for composer attribute table (several columns and ascending / descending).
8 . Whats new in Version 1.5.0?
9 . Whats new in Version 1.5.0?
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Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As
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8 .1. Main GUI
9 .1. Main GUI
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- There is a new angle measuring tool that allows you to interactively
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closed and reappears when reactivated.
8 .2. WMS and WMS-C Support
9 .2. WMS and WMS-C Support
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- WMS-C support, new spatial authorities, wms selection improvements
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- WMS-C scale slider gui added and more selection improvements
8 .3. API Updates
9 .3. API Updates
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- QgsDataProvider & QgsMapLayer: add dataChanged() signal, so that a
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- Support more GEOS operators
9 . Whats new in Version 1.4.0 'Enceladus'?
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10 . Whats new in Version 1.4.0 'Enceladus'?
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Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As
such it contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over QGIS
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Designer dialog UIs.
10 . Whats new in Version 1.3.0 'Mimas'?
11 . Whats new in Version 1.3.0 'Mimas'?
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This release includes over 30 bug fixes and several useful new features:
10 .1. OSM plugin & provider updates
11 .1. OSM plugin & provider updates
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- new OSM style files.
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- other OSM related bugfixes.
10 .2. Other notable features and improvements in this release
11 .2. Other notable features and improvements in this release
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- Marker size is now configurable when editing a layer.
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- Zoom to a coordinate by entering it in the status bar coordinate display.
11 . Version 1.2.0 'Daphnis'
12 . Version 1.2.0 'Daphnis'
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Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As
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the following new features:
11 .1. Editing
12 .1. Editing
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Editing functionality in QGIS has had a major update in this release. This
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markers.
11 .2. Keyboard shortcuts
12 .2. Keyboard shortcuts
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New feature: configure shortcuts for actions within main window of qgis!
See menu Setting->Configure shortcuts
11 .3. Map Composer
12 .3. Map Composer
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It is now possible to lock/unlock composer item positions by right mouse click.
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layers are added to the main map. Export to PDF in composer is now possible.
11 .4. Attribute tables
12 .4. Attribute tables
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It is now possible to search the attribute table within selected records only.
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be respected in the attribute table.
11 .5. Plugins
12 .5. Plugins
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- The order of layers in the WMS dialog can now be changed.
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- An new OpenStreetMap provider and plugin have been added to QGIS.
11 .6. Projects Management
12 .6. Projects Management
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QGIS now includes support for project relative position of file data sources
and svgs. The saving of relative paths of file data sources is optional.
11 .7. PostGIS & the PostgreSQL Provider
12 .7. PostGIS & the PostgreSQL Provider
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You can now select the SSL mode when adding a new DB connection. Turning off
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types and for setting of column comments.
11 .8. Symbology enhancements
12 .8. Symbology enhancements
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- allow refresh of symbols via popup menu on the renderer's symbol selection
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independent of the mapscale)
11 .9. Command line arguments
12 .9. Command line arguments
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Added command line argument support on windows.
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layers based on attribute data.
12 . Version 1.0.0 'Kore'
13 . Version 1.0.0 'Kore'
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This release includes over 265 bug fixes and enhancements over the
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- Ported all GDAL/OGR and GEOS usage to use C APIs only.
13 . Version 0.11.0 'Metis'
14 . Version 0.11.0 'Metis'
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This release includes over 60 bug fixes and enhancements over the
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- QML Style support for rasters and database layers
14 . Version 0.10.0 'Io'
15 . Version 0.10.0 'Io'
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This release includes over 120 bug fixes and enchancements
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- Support for migration of old projects to work in newer QGIS versions.
15 . Version 0.9.2rc1 'Ganymede'
16 . Version 0.9.2rc1 'Ganymede'
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- This release candidate includes over 40 bug fixes and enchancements
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improvements 'under the hood'.
16 . Version 0.9.1 'Ganymede'
17 . Version 0.9.1 'Ganymede'
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This is a bug fix release
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- Python Plugin installer to install PyQGIS plugins from the repository
17 . Version 0.9 'Ganymede'
18 . Version 0.9 'Ganymede'
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- Python bindings - This is the major focus of this release
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- Improvements to the GeoReferencer
18 . Version 0.8 'Joesephine' .... development version
19 . Version 0.8 'Joesephine' .... development version
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- 2006-01-23 [timlinux] 0.7.9.10 Dropped use of qpicture and resampling for point markers in favour of
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grid_maker plugin
19 . Version 0.6 'Simon'
20 . Version 0.6 'Simon'
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QGIS Change Log
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save or save as (if not specified by the user).
20 . 0.5
21 . 0.5
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- 2004-12-01 [gsherman] 0.5.0devel30 Added functions to qgsdataprovider.h to support updating the feature count
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tables that could be loaded.
This is the initial import of the code base into CVS on Sourceforge.net.
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