QGIS Features QGIS is a cross-platform (Linux, Windows, Mac) open source Geographic Information system. The QGIS project offers different applications for your use cases: QGIS Desktop - The classic QGIS desktop application offers many GIS functions for data viewing, editing, and analysis. QGIS Browser - A fast and easy data viewer for your local, network and online (WMS) data. QGIS Server - A standard-compliant WMS 1.3 server that can be easily configured using QGIS Desktop project files. QGIS Client - A web front-end for your web mapping needs based on OpenLayers and GeoExt. QGIS Desktop The major features include: Direct viewing of vector and raster data in different formats and projections. Supported formats include: PostGIS and SpatiaLite, most vector formats supported by the OGR library, including ESRI shapefiles, MapInfo, SDTS and GML. raster formats supported by the GDAL library*, such as digital elevation models, aerial photography or landsat imager
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