From c5c8d13637c102d78a3288e873bee8e34bd55124 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gsherman Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 05:22:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk@14887 c8812cc2-4d05-0410-92ff-de0c093fc19c --- README | 21 +++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index d96695585ee..868cb235d31 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -README for QGIS version 1.4 'Enceladus' +README for QGIS ---------------------------------------- Quantum GIS (QGIS) is an Open Source Geographic Information System. The project was born in May of 2002 and was established as a project on @@ -6,22 +6,22 @@ SourceForge in June of the same year. We've worked hard to make GIS software (which is traditionaly expensive commercial software) a viable prospect for anyone with basic access to a Personal Computer. QGIS currently runs on most Unix platforms, Windows, and OS X. QGIS is -developed using the Qt toolkit (http://www.trolltech.com) and C++. This +developed using the Qt toolkit (http://qt.nokia.com) and C++. This means that QGIS feels snappy to use and has a pleasing, easy to use graphical user interface. QGIS aims to be an easy to use GIS, providing common functions and features. The initial goal was to provide a GIS data viewer. QGIS has reached that point in its evolution and is being used by many for their -daily GIS data viewing needs. QGIS supports a number of raster and -vector data formats, with new support easily added using the plugin +daily GIS data viewing and editing needs. QGIS supports a number of raster +and vector data formats, with new support easily added using the plugin architecture. -QGIS is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). Devloping QGIS -under this license means that you can (if you want to) inspect and -modify the source code and guarantees that you, our happy user will -always have access to a GIS program that is free of cost and can be -freely modified. +QGIS is released under the GNU Public License (GPL) Version 2. Devloping +QGIS under this license means that you can (if you want to) inspect and +modify the source code and guarantees that you, our happy user will always +have access to a GIS program that is free of cost and can be freely +modified. Supported raster formats include: Grass @@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ Supported vector formats include: ESRI Shapefiles PostgreSQL/PostGIS GRASS - + Spatialite + Other OGR supported formats NOTE -- Please follow the installation instructions carefully. After untarring the distribution, you can find the HTML version of the