all the new cool stuff in qgis 2.0
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A quick presentation about all the new developments and features in QGIS 2.0TRANSCRIPT
QGIS 2.0 All the New Cool Stuff
more free awesomeness
Me
Nathan Woodrownathanw.net
Technical Consultant/QGIS Specialist at Digital Mapping SolutionsQGIS Core developer
ComposerWho doesn’t love new printing stuff?
Atlas/Mapbook generation
Core feature. No longer a plugin
Export to PDF, JPG, PNG, or the printer
Export to series or single PDF Sorting and filtering on
coverage layer Filter based on expression
Auto Snap and Guide Lines
Snap to Edge and centers of page Edge and centers elements
User defined grid lines
HTML labels and HTML item
Full HTML (and Javascript) Full style sheet support Inline Expressions
Same expressions as labels, rules
Replaced at print time Load data from current
atlas coverage object HTML item can load full
websites
New expanding group boxs
Old
Really badUX.
Hidden Controls
Don’t move the cheese.
New
Easier to access options Ctrl + Click expands/collapses
all options. View only the options you
need.
Other noteworthy stuff
Better support for EPSG:4326 scale bars Multipage in one composer Automatic overview frame in map frame HTML frame Zebra style grid frame border More control of grid labels.
Inside, outside, disabled Load from template for new composer Duplicate composer
SymbologyThe making of great maps
Improved label options and dialog
Transparent buffers Letter and word spacing Pixel size visibility Expanding groupboxes Force labels More data defined properties New vertical style dialog
Style manager
Tagging and Grouping Smart groups
Create a dynamic group based on tags, symbol names, groups, symbols with a tag
Import/Export to file Import from URL
Style repository planned Google Summer of Code
project
Symbol selector
Build complex symbols in one dialog
Filter based on smart groups and groups
Search for symbol by name
Data defined symbols
Connect fields to properties such as color, size, border color
Expressions supported
New raster engine and dialog
Faster raster rendering engine Image resampling Export image via Save As..
Blend modes
Supports Raster Vector Labels Composer Items
Other noteworthy stuff
New diagram engine and types SLD style export support Dynamic Map grid decoration Better OpenStreetMap provider
No edit support at the moment
HTML annotations
Data and processing“nom nom nom” said QGIS to the data
SEXTANTE! Now a core feature Intergrates QGIS, SAGA GIS,
GRASS, Python, GDAL/OGR, GeoServer, R TauDEM, LASTools, Orfeo Toolbox
Drag and drop modeler with added Python scripting
Supports new providers built using Python and installed as normal QGIS plugins.
Access to SEXTANTE in Pythonimport sextantsextante.runalg(…)
New attribute table New filtering options
Select using Expression Filter and map selection Show only edited features
Dual View. Table and form Bulk form based updating
coming New UI
Other noteworthy stuff
Oracle support QGIS Server WFS
User Interface
Redesigned UI for better experience
API and Dev
New Python Console
Autocomplete methods for PyQt4, gdal-python, pyqgis
Syntax highlighting Load/Save file Access to SEXTANTE
import sextantsextante.runalg(…)
New Vector API
Get and set data using name or index of column
Feature[“Asset_Type”]Feature[“Asset_Type”] = “Foo”Feature[1]Feature[1] = “Foo”
Allows for multi threading in future release
CommunityGroup hug!
Public Interface New PDF and HTML manuals
HTML http://docs.qgis.org/html/en/docs/user_manual/index.html Redesign of main qgis.org site (planned) Redesign/Renew of QGIS logo (planned) Higher presence on gis.stackexchange.com Blogs! Blogs! Blogs!
Nathanw.net (never mind me just pimping my own stuff) underdark.wordpress.com spatialstuff.wordpress.com http://planet.qgis.org/planet/
Adoption InaSAFE (INDONESIA SCENARIO ASSESSMENT FOR EMERGENCIES)
Funded by AusAID and World Bank http://inasafe.org/
State of Vorarlberg, Austria 400 desktop installs Contributed Oracle support, plus $50,000
worth of development work Windsor & Maidenhead council UK
60 QGIS installs Simon started UK QGIS user group
ReleaseGive it to me now!
Current Release planSubject to change
1st April – Feature Freeze
Bug hunting and killing
30th April – UI freeze
Bug hunting and killing
1st June - Call for packaging
7th June – Public Release of 2.0 – YAY!
What didn’t make it?
1:n relationship support for layer and forms Multithreading rendering support More UI clean up New Add Layer dialog Stuff I don’t know people are working on
Ahh bugz! HELP!Don’t panic!
Now is your chance to help us
Bugs can be reported at hub.qgis.org Don’t be afraid to file bug tickets
Don’t forget nightly builds for testing OSGeo4W (Windows) http://qgis.dakotacarto.com/ (OS X)
Thanks!