Improvements and polishing of the Python plugin installer. Switch to the new official QGIS repository.
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Improvements to themes so that plugins and other parts of the GUI are better supported when switching themes. Addition of the new GIS icon theme.
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Improvements to Debian packaging to better support Debian standard requirements.
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Support usb: as a GPS device under Linux.
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WMS plugin now supports sorting and shows nested layers as a tree. WMS provider also support 24bit png images now. The WMS plugin also now provides a search interface for finding WMS servers.
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Added svg point symbols symbols from Matt Amos (with his permission).
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Improvements to proxy support and support of proxy in WFS provider. The WFS provider now also shows progress information as it is fetching data.
Improvements to the print composer including object alignment options. It is also now possible to print maps as postcript raster or vector. For python programmers, the composer classes now have python bindings.
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When using File - Save as image, the saved image is now georeferenced.
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Projection selector now includes quick selection of recently used CRS's.
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Continuous color renderer supports point symbols now too.
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Improved CMake support for building against dependencies from OSGEO4W (Windows only). Addition of an XCode project of developers building under OSX.
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Updates and cleanups to the GRASS toolbox.
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Changes in open vector dialog to support all drivers available in ogr including database and protocol drivers. This brings with it support for SDE, Oracle Spatial, ESRI personal geodatabase and many more OGR supported data stores. Note that in some cases accessing these may require third party libraries to be on your system.
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The middle mouse button can now be used for panning.
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A new, faster attribute table implementation.
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Numerous cleanups to the user interface.
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A new provider was added for spatiallite - a geodatabase-in-a-file implementation based on the SQLITE database.
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Vector overlay support that can draw pie and bar charts over vector layers based on attribute data.
The python plugin installer was completely overhauled, the new version having many improvements, including checking that the version of QGIS running will support a plugin that is being installed.
<li>The <ahref="http://expat.sourceforge.net/">Expat XML Parser</a> is required for the GPS plugin. This vastly improves the speed and memory management when loading GPX files.
<li>The raster georeferencer plugin requires the <ahref="http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/">GNU Scientfic Library</a> (GSL).
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GSL and Expat are optional and required only if you want to use the georeferencer or GPS plugins respectively. SQLite is always required.
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<dl><dt><spanclass="subheader">Known Issues in this Release
<li>Due to a limitation in the Quicktime graphics engine, there is a limit on the number points allowed per feature. See the Readme that comes with the OS X dmg
<li>Review the list of current issues to make sure your bug has not already been submitted. If it has, review the submission and see if there is anything you can add to the bug report to aid the developers
<li>If your bug has not been reported, create a new ticket, making sure to either login to trac or provide your email address. Tickets lacking contact information are subject to deletion.
<dl><dt><spanclass="subheader">User, Installation and Coding Guide
<dd>The QGIS manual is the definitive guide to using QGIS including installation and coding instructions (be sure to read this!). A current version of the QGIS manual and translations are provided at <ahref="http://qgis.osgeo.org/documentation/manuals.html">http://qgis.osgeo.org/documentation/manuals.html</a>. Older versions are available at <ahref="http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/doc/manual/">http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/doc/manual/</a>."
