<spanclass="warning">Please read this entire document for important information about this release.</span><br>
<spanclass="warning">You find a <ahref="http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.html">PDF manual of the current version</a> on the QGIS website.</span>
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<li>Added option to load c++ plugins from user specified directories. Requires application restart to activate.</li>
<li>Completely new geometry checking tool for fTools. Significantly faster, more relevant error messages, and now supports zooming to errors. See the new QgsGeometry.validateGeometry function</li>
</ul>
<h3>QGIS Mapserver</h3>
<ul>
<li>Ability to specify wms service capabilities in the properties
section of the project file (instead of wms_metadata.xml file).</li>
<li>Support for wms printing with GetPrint-Request.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Plugins</h3>
<ul>
<li>Support for icons of plugins in the plugin manager dialog.</li>
<li>Removed quickprint plugin - use easyprint plugin rather from plugin repo.</li>
<li>Removed ogr convertor plugin - use 'save as' context menu rather.</li>
<li>A new plugin has been included that allows for offline editing.</li>
<li>Field calculator will now insert NULL feature value in case of calculation error instead of stopping and reverting calculation for all features.</li>
<li>Allow user specific PROJ.4 search paths and update srs.db to include grid reference.</li>
<li>Added a native (C++) raster calculator implementation which can deal with large rasters efficiently.</li>
<li>Improved interaction with extents widget in statusbar so that the text contents of the widget can be copied and pasted.</li>
<li>Many improvements and new operators to the vector attribute table field calculator including field concatenation, row counter etc.</li>
<li>Added --configpath option that overrides the default path (~/.qgis) for user configuration and forces QSettings to use this directory, too. This allows users to e.g. carry QGIS installation on a flash drive together with all plugins and settings.</li>
<li>Experimental WFS-T support. Additionally ported wfs to network manager.</li>
<li>Georeferencer has had many tidy ups and improvements.</li>
<li>Support for long int in attribute dialog and editor.</li>
<li>The QGIS Mapserver project has been incorporated into the main SVN repository and packages are being made available. QGIS Mapserver allows you to serve your QGIS project files via the OGC WMS protocol. <ahref="http://linfiniti.com/2010/08/qgis-mapserver-a-wms-server-for-the-masses/">Read More</a></li>
<li>Select and measure toolbar flyouts and submenus.</li>
<li>Support has been added for non-spatial tables (currently OGR, delimited text and PostgreSQL providers). These tables can be used for field lookups or just generally browsed and edited using the table view.</li>
<li>Added search string support for feature ids ($id) and various other search related improvements.</li>
<li>Added reload method to map layers and provider interface. Like this, caching providers (currently WMS and WFS) can synchronize with changes in the datasource.</li>
<li>Data defined label position in labeling-ng.</li>
<li>Line wrapping, data defined font and buffer settings for labeling-ng.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Layer properties and symbology</h3>
<ul>
<li>Three new classification modes added to graduated symbol renderer (version 2), including Natural Breaks (Jenks), Standard Deviations, and Pretty Breaks (based on pretty from the R statistical environment). <ahref="http://linfiniti.com/2010/09/new-class-breaks-for-graduated-symbols-in-qgis/">Read More</a></li>
<li>Improved loading speed of the symbol properties dialog.</li>
<li>Data-defined rotation and size for categorized and graduated renderer (symbology-ng).</li>
<li>Use size scale also for line symbols to modify line width.</li>
<li>Replaced raster histogram implementation with one based on Qwt. Added option to save histogram as image file. Show actual pixel values on x axis of raster histogram.</li>
<li>Added ability to interactively select pixels from the canvas to populate the transparency table in the raster layer properties dialog.</li>
<li>Allow creation of color ramps in vector color ramp combo box.</li>
<li>Added "style manager..." button to symbol selector so that users will find the style manager more easily.</li>
<li>There is a new angle measuring tool that allows you to interactively measure angles against the map backdrop.</li>
<li>Live GPS Tracking tool</li>
<li>User configurable WMS search server</li>
<li>Allow editing of invalid geometry in node tool</li>
<li>Choice between mm and map units for new symbology. Scaling to use new symbology in print composer as well</li>
<li>SVG fill symbol layer for polygon textures</li>
<li>Font marker symbol layer</li>
<li>Added --noplugins command line options to avoid restoring the plugins. Useful when a plugin misbehaves and causes QGIS to crash during startup</li>
<li>Allow hiding of deprecated CRSes</li>
<li>Add point displacement renderer plugin - allows points to be shifted to avoid colliding with other points</li>
<li>Allow saving vector layers as ogr vector files</li>
<li>Raster provider: reduce debugging noise</li>
<li>Allow adding parts to multi points and lines</li>
<li>Text and form annotation tools are now in gui and app</li>
<li>Added possibility to place a set of default composer templates in pkgDataPath/composer_templates</li>
<li>Gradient color ramps now support multiple stops - for adding intermediate colors</li>
<li>Center map if user clicks into the map</li>
<li>New plugin for carrying out spatial selections</li>
<li>Data-defined size and rotation for single symbol renderer in symbology-ng</li>
<li>IdentifyAsHtml to raster layer and use it in identify</li>
<li>Export legend groups and layers with legendinterface and use this information to display groups in the composer legend.</li>
<li>Show selected feature count in status bar </li>
<li>Query option added to layer menu to subset vector layers</li>
<li>Option to label only selected features (on the 'old' labelling tool)</li>
<li>Load/save queries created in the query builder.</li>
<li>Manual adding of categories in symbology-ng.</li>
<li>Georeferencer: possibility to configure if residuals should be showed in pixels or map units</li>
<li>Delimited text provider: allow empty values in numeric columns</li>
<li>Added rule-based renderer for symbology-ng</li>
<li>Ability to create spatial lite databases from within QGIS</li>
<li>Inclusion of GDAL Raster tools plugin into QGIS core</li>
<li>New python console (with history)</li>
<li>Add validation to capture tool</li>
<li>Allow postgres layers without saved username & password by asking for credentials</li>
<li>Support NULL values in search strings</li>
<li>Optionally add new layers to the selected group</li>
<li>Map composer can add attribute Tables in layouts. It is possibile to show only visible features in composer table or all features</li>
<li>Identify tool attribute form now non-modal in view mode (since r12796)</li>
<li>Identified features' highlight disappear when window is deactivate or closed and reappears when reactivated.</li>
You can now select the SSL mode when adding a new DB connection. Turning off
SSL encryption can greatly improve performance of PostGIS data loading where
connection security is not required. Support has been added for more native
types and for setting of column comments.
Symbology enhancements:
- allow refresh of symbols via popup menu on the renderer's symbol selection
- add support for data defined symbol(name)s
- add support for font symbol markers (only data defined - no gui yet)
- add symbol size in map units (ie. symbols that keep the size in mapunits
independent of the mapscale)
Command line arguments:
Added command line argument support on windows.
Enhancement of command line arguments:
- allow given snapshot sizes
- allow suppression of splash screen
- capture map decorations from plugins on snapshots
Grass:
There is a new GRASS shell. Also there have been many cleanups and consistency
updates.
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<h2>Whats new in Version 1.1.0?</h2>
<p>
This release includes many bug fixes and enchancements
over the QGIS 1.0.0 release. In addition we have added
the following new features:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Updates to translations.
</li>
<li>
Improvements and polishing of the Python plugin installer. Switch to the new official QGIS repository.
</li>
<li>
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.
</li>
<li>
Improvements to Debian packaging to better support Debian standard requirements.
</li>
<li>
Support usb: as a GPS device under Linux.
</li>
<li>
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.
</li>
<li>
Added svg point symbols symbols from Matt Amos (with his permission).
</li>
<li>
Improvements to proxy support and support of proxy in WFS provider. The WFS provider now also shows progress information as it is fetching data.
</li>
<li>
Improvements the PostGIS client support. Massive speedups in PostGIS layer rendering can now be achieved by disabling SSL in the connection editor.
</li>
<li>
Mapserver Export improvements for continuous color support.
</li>
<li>
Added tools menu - the fTools plugins are now part of the core QGIS plugins and will always be installed by default.
</li>
<li>
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.
</li>
<li>
When using File - Save as image, the saved image is now georeferenced.
</li>
<li>
Projection selector now includes quick selection of recently used CRS's.
</li>
<li>
Continuous color renderer supports point symbols now too.
</li>
<li>
Improved CMake support for building against dependencies from OSGEO4W (Windows only). Addition of an XCode project of developers building under OSX.
</li>
<li>
Updates and cleanups to the GRASS toolbox.
</li>
<li>
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.
</li>
<li>
The middle mouse button can now be used for panning.
</li>
<li>
A new, faster attribute table implementation.
</li>
<li>
Numerous cleanups to the user interface.
</li>
<li>
A new provider was added for spatiallite - a geodatabase-in-a-file implementation based on the SQLITE database.
</li>
<li>
Vector overlay support that can draw pie and bar charts over vector layers based on attribute data.
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Whats new in Version 1.0.0?</h2>
<p>
</p>
This release includes over 265 bug fixes and enchancements
over the QGIS 0.11.0 release. In addition we have added
the following new features:
<ul>
<li>
HIG Compliance improvements for Windows / Mac OS X / KDE / Gnome
</li>
<li>
Saving a vector layer or subset of that layer to disk with a different Coordinate Reference System to the original.
</li>
<li>
Advanced topological editing of vector data.
</li>
<li>
Single click selection of vector features.
</li>
<li>
Many improvements to raster rendering and support for building pyramids external to the raster file.
</li>
<li>
Overhaul of the map composer for much improved printing support.
</li>
<li>
A new 'coordinate capture' plugin was added that lets you click on the map and then cut & paste the coordinates to and from the clipboard
</li>
<li>
A new plugin for converting between OGR supported formats was added.
</li>
<li>
A new plugin for converting from DXF files to shapefiles was added.
</li>
<li>
A new plugin was added for interpolating point features into ASCII grid layers.
</li>
<li>
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>
<li>
Plugin toolbar positions are now correctly saved when the application is closed.
</li>
<li>
In the WMS client, WMS standards support has been improved.
</li>
<li>
Complete API revision - we now have a stable API following well defined naming conventions.
</li>
<li>
Ported all GDAL/OGR and GEOS usage to use C APIs only.
<li><ahref="http://www.trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/index">Qt 4.3.0</a> is required.
<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).
</ul>
<spanclass="normal">
GSL and Expat are optional and required only if you want to use the georeferencer or GPS plugins respectively. SQLite is always required.
</span>
</dl>
<dl><dt><spanclass="subheader">Known Issues in this Release
<dd>
General
<ulclass="normal">
<li>Some internationalization (translation) files may be incomplete.
<li>QGIS is not bug free - we make no assertions as to its fitness for
use for any particular purpose. Use entirely at your own risk.
<li>Ensure you have an OSGEO login (available to anyone by filling out the form on this page: <ahref="http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid">http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid</a>
<li>Go to the Bug Tracker at <ahref="http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis">http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis</a>
<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. 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/en/documentation/manuals.html">http://qgis.osgeo.org/en/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>."
