diff --git a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsbabelformat.cpp b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsbabelformat.cpp
index cf2336e8f25..99fdcaf7eb6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsbabelformat.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsbabelformat.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 #include "qgsbabelformat.h"
 
-#include <qregexp.h>
-#include <qstring.h>
+#include <QRegExp>
+#include <QString>
 
 
 QgsBabelFormat::QgsBabelFormat(const QString& name) : 
diff --git a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsbabelformat.h b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsbabelformat.h
index fcc5547dd68..f651590dbb6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsbabelformat.h
+++ b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsbabelformat.h
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 
 #include <map>
 
-#include <qstring.h>
-#include <qstringlist.h>
+#include <QStringList>
 
+class QString;
 
 class QgsBabelFormat {
 public:
diff --git a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevice.cpp
index 6c420a378f0..94cb236d37d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevice.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include <qregexp.h>
+#include <QRegExp>
 
 #include "qgsgpsdevice.h"
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevice.h b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevice.h
index 038a2d76c36..9723efa4171 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevice.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 #ifndef QGSGPSDEVICE_H
 #define QGSGPSDEVICE_H
 
-#include <qstring.h>
-#include <qstringlist.h>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QStringList>
 
 #include <qgsbabelformat.h>
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevicedialog.h b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevicedialog.h
index 8142cc98254..273d14a4a0c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevicedialog.h
+++ b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsdevicedialog.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "ui_qgsgpsdevicedialogbase.h"
 #include "qgsgpsdevice.h"
 
-#include <qstring.h>
+#include <QString>
 
 
 class QgsGPSDeviceDialog : public QDialog, private Ui::QgsGPSDeviceDialogBase 
diff --git a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugin.cpp
index 9c001552ada..9812c669fbf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugin.cpp
@@ -29,21 +29,13 @@
 #include "qgsgpsplugin.h"
 
 
-#include <qeventloop.h>
 #include <QFileDialog>
-#include <q3toolbar.h>
-#include <qmenubar.h>
-#include <qmessagebox.h>
-#include <q3popupmenu.h>
-#include <qlineedit.h>
-#include <qaction.h>
-#include <qapplication.h>
-#include <qcursor.h>
-#include <q3process.h>
-#include <q3progressdialog.h>
-#include <qsettings.h>
-#include <qstringlist.h>
-#include <qglobal.h>
+#include <QMessageBox>
+#include <QAction>
+#include <Q3Process>
+#include <Q3ProgressDialog>
+#include <QSettings>
+#include <QStringList>
 
 //non qt includes
 #include <cassert>
diff --git a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugin.h b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugin.h
index 26eec1ed2b2..ceb41cfe306 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugin.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "qgsbabelformat.h"
 #include "qgsgpsdevice.h"
 #include "../qgisplugin.h"
-#include <qwidget.h>
+
 #include <qgisapp.h>
 
 class QgsVectorLayer;
diff --git a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugingui.cpp b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugingui.cpp
index 9528eb989cc..2480840f153 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugingui.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gps_importer/qgsgpsplugingui.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "qgsgpsdevicedialog.h"
 #include "qgsmaplayer.h"
 #include "qgsdataprovider.h"
+#include <qgslogger.h>
 
 //qt includes
 #include <QFileDialog>
@@ -201,9 +202,9 @@ void QgsGPSPluginGui::on_pbnCancel_clicked()
 
 void QgsGPSPluginGui::on_pbnGPXSelectFile_clicked()
 {
-  std::cout << " Gps File Importer::pbnGPXSelectFile_clicked() " << std::endl;
+  QgsLogger::debug(" Gps File Importer::pbnGPXSelectFile_clicked() ");
   QString myFileTypeQString;
-  QString myFilterString="GPS eXchange format (*.gpx)";
+  QString myFilterString=tr("GPS eXchange format (*.gpx)");
   QSettings settings("QuantumGIS", "qgis");
   QString dir = settings.readEntry("/Plugin-GPS/gpxdirectory");
   if (dir.isEmpty())
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ void QgsGPSPluginGui::on_pbnGPXSelectFile_clicked()
           dir, //initial dir
           myFilterString, //filters to select
           &myFileTypeQString); //the pointer to store selected filter
-  std::cout << "Selected filetype filter is : " << myFileTypeQString.toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
+  QgsLogger::debug("Selected filetype filter is : " + myFileTypeQString);
   leGPXFile->setText(myFileNameQString);
 }
 
@@ -231,11 +232,11 @@ void QgsGPSPluginGui::on_pbnIMPInput_clicked() {
   std::map<QString, QgsBabelFormat*>::const_iterator iter;
   iter = mImporters.find(mImpFormat);
   if (iter == mImporters.end()) {
-    std::cerr << "Unknown file format selected: "
-	      << myFileType.left(myFileType.length() - 6).toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
+    QgsLogger::warning("Unknown file format selected: " +
+                       myFileType.left(myFileType.length() - 6));
   }
   else {
-    std::cerr << iter->first.toLocal8Bit().data() << " selected" << std::endl;
+    QgsLogger::debug(iter->first + " selected");
     leIMPInput->setText(myFileName);
     cmbIMPFeature->clear();
     if (iter->second->supportsWaypoints())
diff --git a/src/providers/gpx/gpsdata.cpp b/src/providers/gpx/gpsdata.cpp
index ec01368e386..ee700a1ebf8 100644
--- a/src/providers/gpx/gpsdata.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/gpx/gpsdata.cpp
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
 
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QTextStream>
+#include <QObject>
 
 #include "gpsdata.h"
-
+#include <qgslogger.h>
 
 QString GPSObject::xmlify(const QString& str) {
   QString tmp = str;
@@ -311,11 +312,11 @@ GPSData* GPSData::getData(const QString& filename) {
   if (dataObjects.find(filename) == dataObjects.end()) {
     QFile file(filename);
     if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-      qWarning("Couldn't open the data source: " + filename);
+      QgsLogger::warning(QObject::tr("Couldn't open the data source: ") + filename);
       return 0;
     }
     GPSData* data = new GPSData;
-    std::cerr << "Loading file " << filename.toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
+    QgsLogger::debug("Loading file " + filename);
     GPXHandler handler(*data);
     bool failed = false;
     
@@ -332,9 +333,10 @@ GPSData* GPSData::getData(const QString& filename) {
       if (file.atEnd())
         atEnd = 1;
       if (!XML_Parse(p, buffer, readBytes, atEnd)) {
-        std::cerr<<"Parse error at line "
-                 <<XML_GetCurrentLineNumber(p)<<": "
-                 <<XML_ErrorString(XML_GetErrorCode(p))<<std::endl;
+        QgsLogger::warning(QObject::tr("Parse error at line ") +
+                           QString("%1").arg(XML_GetCurrentLineNumber(p)) + 
+                           " : " +
+                           QString(XML_ErrorString(XML_GetErrorCode(p))));
         failed = true;
         break;
       }
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@ GPSData* GPSData::getData(const QString& filename) {
     dataObjects[filename] = std::pair<GPSData*, unsigned>(data, 0);
   }
   else
-    std::cerr << filename.toLocal8Bit().data() << " is already loaded"<<std::endl;
+    QgsLogger::debug(filename + " is already loaded");
   
   // return a pointer and increase the reference count for that filename
   DataMap::iterator iter = dataObjects.find(filename);
@@ -362,9 +364,9 @@ void GPSData::releaseData(const QString& filename) {
      it if the reference count becomes 0 */
   DataMap::iterator iter = dataObjects.find(filename);
   if (iter != dataObjects.end()) {
-    std::cerr << "unrefing " << filename.toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl;
+    QgsLogger::debug("unrefing " + filename);
     if (--(iter->second.second) == 0) {
-      std::cerr << "No one's using " << filename.toLocal8Bit().data() << ", I'll erase it" << std::endl;
+      QgsLogger::debug("No one's using " + filename + ", I'll erase it");
       delete iter->second.first;
       dataObjects.erase(iter);
     }
@@ -379,7 +381,7 @@ GPSData::DataMap GPSData::dataObjects;
 
 
 bool GPXHandler::startElement(const XML_Char* qName, const XML_Char** attr) {
-  //std::cerr<<"<"<<qName<<">"<<std::endl;
+
   if (!std::strcmp(qName, "gpx")) {
     parseModes.push(ParsingDocument);
     mData = GPSData();
diff --git a/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.cpp b/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.cpp
index 1702d426f96..00ed9406b1e 100644
--- a/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QTextStream>
+#include <QObject>
 
 #include "qgis.h"
 #include "qgsdataprovider.h"
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "qgsrect.h"
 #include "qgsgpxprovider.h"
 #include "gpsdata.h"
+#include <qgslogger.h>
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 #define QGISEXTERN extern "C" __declspec( dllexport )
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ const char* QgsGPXProvider::attr[] = { "name", "elevation", "symbol", "number",
 
 const QString GPX_KEY = "gpx";
 
-const QString GPX_DESCRIPTION = "GPS eXchange format provider";
+const QString GPX_DESCRIPTION = QObject::tr("GPS eXchange format provider");
 
 
 QgsGPXProvider::QgsGPXProvider(QString const & uri) : 
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ QgsGPXProvider::QgsGPXProvider(QString const & uri) :
   // get the filename and the type parameter from the URI
   int fileNameEnd = uri.find('?');
   if (fileNameEnd == -1 || uri.mid(fileNameEnd + 1, 5) != "type=") {
-    std::cerr<<"Bad URI - you need to specify the feature type"<<std::endl;
+    QgsLogger::warning(tr("Bad URI - you need to specify the feature type."));
     return;
   }
   QString typeStr = uri.mid(fileNameEnd + 6);
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ QgsGPXProvider::~QgsGPXProvider() {
 
 QString QgsGPXProvider::storageType()
 {
-  return "GPS eXchange file";
+  return tr("GPS eXchange file");
 }
 
 
@@ -411,8 +413,8 @@ std::vector<QgsFeature>& QgsGPXProvider::identify(QgsRect * rect) {
   // reset the data source since we need to be able to read through
   // all features
   reset();
-  std::cerr << "Attempting to identify features falling within "
-	    << rect->stringRep().toLocal8Bit().data() << std::endl; 
+  QgsLogger::debug("Attempting to identify features falling within " +
+                   rect->stringRep()); 
   // select the features
   select(rect);
   // temporary fix to get this to compile under windows
@@ -492,8 +494,8 @@ void QgsGPXProvider::reset() {
 
 QString QgsGPXProvider::minValue(int position) {
   if (position >= fieldCount()) {
-    std::cerr<<"Warning: access requested to invalid position "
-	     <<"in QgsGPXProvider::minValue(..)"<<std::endl;
+    QgsLogger::warning(tr("Warning: access requested to invalid position "
+                       "in QgsGPXProvider::minValue(..)"));
   }
   if (mMinMaxCacheDirty) {
     fillMinMaxCash();
@@ -504,8 +506,8 @@ QString QgsGPXProvider::minValue(int position) {
 
 QString QgsGPXProvider::maxValue(int position) {
   if (position >= fieldCount()) {
-    std::cerr<<"Warning: access requested to invalid position "
-	     <<"in QgsGPXProvider::maxValue(..)"<<std::endl;
+    QgsLogger::warning(tr("Warning: access requested to invalid position "
+                       "in QgsGPXProvider::maxValue(..)"));
   }
   if (mMinMaxCacheDirty) {
     fillMinMaxCash();
@@ -826,7 +828,7 @@ size_t QgsGPXProvider::layerCount() const
 
 QString QgsGPXProvider::getDefaultValue(const QString& attr, QgsFeature* f) {
   if (attr == "source")
-    return "Digitized in QGIS";
+    return tr("Digitized in QGIS");
   return "";
 }