QGIS, or Quantum GIS, is an open source GIS application framework. In is basic state, QGIS is mainly a viewer and map builder, which can be enhanced through numerous plugins.

QGIS hosts its (poorly organized) official site and a Redmine issue tracker. QGIS Upstream is on GitHub. All QGIS plugins are listed on it official plugins site.

Functionality

Expression:

  • wildcard: %, used together with LIKE.

GRASS Integration

QGIS is much less powerful than GRASS GIS, you may read this discussion about the differences between QGIS and GRASS.

QGIS ships with a GRASS plugin, acting as a more friendly interface of GRASS.

OpenStreetMap

QGIS OSM support is in menu (Vector > OpenStreetMap), which can download and import OSM files by geometry type and with selected tags via a SpatiaLite database connection. OSM's 64-bit identifier is supported in QGIS.

QuickOSM plugin can send Overpass queries from QGIS to get OSM data.


🏷 Category=Geographic Information System