Well done! Thx a lot for the hard work of these days ;) giovanni
2012/6/21 Salvatore Larosa <lrssv...@gmail.com> > Congrats! > > Il giorno gio, 21/06/2012 alle 11.14 +0200, Tim Sutton ha scritto: > > We are very pleased to announce the release of QGIS 1.8.0 'Lisboa'. > > This release contains new features and extends the programmatic > > interface over QGIS 1.0.x and QGIS 1.7.x > > > > Binary and source code packages are available at: > > > > http://download.qgis.org > > > > If there is not yet a package for your platform on the above page, > > please check back regularly as packagers are still pushing out their > > work and they will update the download page to reflect the new > > packages. Along with the release of QGIS 1.8.0, the QGIS Community > > Team is hard at work on an updated QGIS Users' Guide version 1.8.0. > > The guide will be available in the near future - we will post > > announcements when it is available. > > > > A word of thanks to our contributors, donors and sponsors > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > QGIS is a largely volunteer driven project, and is the work of a > > dedicated team of developers, documenters and supporters. We extend > > our thanks and gratitude for the many, many hours people have > > contributed to make this release happen. Many companies and > > organisations contribute back improvements to QGIS when they use it as > > their platform, and we are grateful for this and encourage others to > > do the same! We would also like to thank our sponsors and donors for > > helping to promote our work through their financial contributions. Our > > current* sponsors are: > > > > Silver Sponsor > > > > - State of Vorarlberg (http://www.vorarlberg.at - Austria, November > 2011) > > > > Bronze Sponsors > > - Argusoft (http://www.argusoft.de - Germany, June 2012) > > - GeoSynergy (http://www.geosynergy.com.au - Australia May, 2012) > > - ibW Bildungszentrum Wald (http://www.bzwmaienfeld.ch - Switzerland, > > March 2012) > > - City of Uster (http://gis.uster.ch - Switzerland - November 2011) > > > > *QGIS Sponsorship is valid for one year. > > > > A current list of donors who have made contributions large and small > > to the project can be seen here: > > > > http://qgis.org/en/sponsorship/donors.html > > > > If you would like to make a donation or sponsor our project, please > > visit http://www.qgis.org/en/sponsorship.html . QGIS is Free software > > and you are under no obligation to do so. > > > > > > Visual tour of the new release: > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > You can find a list of highlighted changes and new features listed on > > the detailed release announcement available here: > > > > http://qgis.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149 > > > > New features with this release: > > --------------------------------------------- > > - QGIS Browser - a stand alone app and a new panel in QGIS. The > > browser lets you easily navigate your file system and connection based > > (PostGIS, WFS etc.) datasets, preview them and drag and drop items > > into the canvas. > > - DB Manager - the DB manager is now officially part of QGIS core. You > > can drag layers from the QGIS Browser into DB Manager and it will > > import your layer into your spatial database. Drag and drop tables > > between spatial databases and they will get imported. You can use the > > DB Manager to execute SQL queries against your spatial database and > > then view the spatial output for queries by adding the results to QGIS > > as a query layer. > > - Action Tool - now there is a tool on the map tools toolbar that will > > allow you to click on a vector feature and execute an action. > > - MSSQL Spatial Support - you can now connect to your Microsoft SQL > > Server spatial databases using QGIS. > > - Customization - allows setting up simplified QGIS interface by > > hiding various components of main window and widgets in dialogs. > > - New symbol layer types - Line Pattern Fill, Point Pattern fill > > - Composers - have multiple lines on legend items using a specified > character > > - Expression based labelling > > - Heatmap tool - a new core plugin has been added for generating > > raster heatmaps from point data. You may need to activate this plugin > > using the plugin manager. > > - GPS Tracking - The GPS live tracking user interface was overhauled > > and many fixes and improvements were added to it. > > - Menu Re-organisation - The menus were re-organised a little - we now > > have separate menus for Vector and Raster and many plugins were > > updated to place their menus in the new Vector and Raster top level > > menus. > > - Offset Curves - a new digitising tool for creating offset curves was > added. > > - Terrain Analysis Plugin - a new core plugin was added for doing > > terrain analysis - and it can make really good looking coloured relief > > maps. > > - Ellipse renderer - symbollayer to render ellipse shapes (and also > > rectangles, triangles, crosses by specifying width and height). > > Moreover, the symbol layer allows to set all parameters (width, > > height, colors, rotation, outline with) from data fields, in mm or map > > units > > - New scale selector with predefined scales > > - Option to add layers to selected or active group > > - Pan To Selected tool > > - New tools in Vector menu - densify geoemtries, Build spatial index > > - Export/add geometry column tool can export info using layer CRS, > > project CRS or ellipsoidal measurements > > - Model/view based tree for rules in rule-based renderer > > - Updated CRS selector dialog > > - Improvements in Spatial Bookmarks > > - Plugin metadata in metadata.txt > > - New plugin repository > > - Refactored postgres data provider: support for arbitrary key > > (including non-numeric and multi column), support for requesting a > > certain geometry type and/or srid in QgsDataSourceURI > > added gdal_fillnodata to GDALTools plugin > > - Support for PostGIS TopoGeometry datatype > > - Python bindings for vector field symbollayer and general updates to > > the python bindings. > > - New message log window > > - Benchmark program > > - Row cache for attribute table > > - Legend independent drawing order > > - UUID generation widget for attribute table > > - Added support of editable views in SpatiaLite databases > > - Expression based widget in field calculator > > - Creation of event layers in analysis lib using linear referencing > > - Group selected layers option added to the TOC context menu > > - load/save layer style (new symbology) from/to SLD document > > - WFS support in QGIS Server > > - Option to skip WKT geometry when copying from attribute table > > - upport for zipped and gzipped layers > > - Test suite now passes all tests on major platforms and nightly tests > > - Copy and paste styles between layers > > - Set tile size for WMS layers > > - Support for nesting projects within other projects > > > > Happy QGIS'ing! > > > > Regards, > > > > The QGIS Team! > > > > > > -- > Salvatore Larosa > linkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/larosasalvatore > twitter: @lrssvt > skype: s.larosa > IRC: lrssvt on freenode > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > qgis-develo...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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