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Quantum GIS (QGIS) is designed to be a Geographic Information System (GIS)
built for Linux/Unix. QGIS will offer support for vector and raster formats
and provide a comprehensive GIS.
While planning is still underway, some of the initial ideas for
features include:
* Read and edit shapefiles
* Display georeferenced rasters (tiff, png, geotiff)
* Plugins to dynamically add new functionality to the application
* Support for database tables
* Support for spatially enabled tables in PostgreSQL using PostGIS
* Map output
* Script engine
* Metadata support
Preliminary Standards
QGis will be developed using the following:
* Qt GUI library
* Doxygen for documenting the API
Resources
PostGIS Geographic Objects for PostgreSQL
Shapefile specification
FGDC Metadata
If you are interested in joining the QGis team, send a message to the
project admin using the link on the QGis Summary page on Sourceforge.net.