Tim Sutton just announced on the QGIS blog that 0.8.1 has been released.
It is our great pleasure to announce the immediate availability of Quantum GIS (QGIS) Version 0.8.1. Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS lets you browse and create map data on your computer. It supports many common spatial data formats (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff). QGIS supports plugins to do things like display tracks from your GPS. QGIS is Open Source software and its free of cost (download here).
The release notes are here.
BTW, what is up with the new icon? Seems a little retro to me…
4 responses so far ↓
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J.B. Churchill
// Jun 15, 2007 at 12:08 pm
How does QGIS compare with other open source tools like Open EV ? Has anyone used both ? What do you think ?
I agree about the icon. That’s low rez !
2
Gary
// Jun 15, 2007 at 12:32 pm
The icon is degraded to encourage users to upgrade their operating system to Mac OS X or Linux where the premium version of the icon is available.
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James Fee
// Jun 15, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Clever Gary!
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Simon Jackson
// Jun 18, 2007 at 6:31 am
hows it compare to grass? and how user-friendly is it to someone who is mainly familiar with ESRI products?
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