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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8" title="কিউজিআইএস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কিউজিআইএস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B8" title="क्यूजीआइएस – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="क्यूजीआइएस" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A2%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="کیوجی‌آی‌اس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کیوجی‌آی‌اس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="ക്വാണ്ടം ജിസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ക്വാണ്ടം ജിസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%93%D0%98%D0%A1" title="КГИС – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="КГИС" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="QGIS" data-language-autonym="Suomi" 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(toolkit)">Qt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a><sup>(beta)</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multilingual" class="mw-redirect" title="Multilingual">Multilingual</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_information_system" title="Geographic information system">Geographic information system</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/GNU_GPLv2" class="mw-redirect" title="GNU GPLv2">GNU GPLv2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://qgis.org/en/site/">qgis<wbr />.org<wbr />/en<wbr />/site<wbr />/</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329181#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>QGIS</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Geographic_information_system" title="Geographic information system">geographic information system</a> (GIS) software that is <a href="/wiki/Free_and_open-source" class="mw-redirect" title="Free and open-source">free and open-source</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_Website_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official_Website-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> QGIS supports <a href="/wiki/Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It supports viewing, editing, printing, and analysis of geospatial data in a range of data formats. Its name comes from an abbreviation of its previous name, Quantum GIS. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functionality">Functionality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=QGIS&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Functionality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>QGIS functions as geographic information system (GIS) software, allowing users to analyze and edit spatial information, in addition to composing and exporting graphical maps.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_Website_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official_Website-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> QGIS supports <a href="/wiki/Raster_graphics" title="Raster graphics">raster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vector_graphics" title="Vector graphics">vector</a>, mesh, and point cloud layers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vector data is stored as either point, line, or <a href="/wiki/Polygon_(computer_graphics)" title="Polygon (computer graphics)">polygon</a> features. Multiple formats of raster images are supported, and the software can <a href="/wiki/Georeferencing" title="Georeferencing">georeference</a> images. </p><p>QGIS supports <a href="/wiki/Shapefile" title="Shapefile">shapefiles</a>, personal geodatabases, <a href="/wiki/Dxf" class="mw-redirect" title="Dxf">dxf</a>, <a href="/wiki/MapInfo_Professional" class="mw-redirect" title="MapInfo Professional">MapInfo</a>, <a href="/wiki/PostGIS" title="PostGIS">PostGIS</a>, and other industry-standard formats.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Web services, including <a href="/wiki/Web_Map_Service" title="Web Map Service">Web Map Service</a> and <a href="/wiki/Web_Feature_Service" title="Web Feature Service">Web Feature Service</a>, are also supported to allow use of data from external sources.<sup id="cite_ref-Cavallini_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cavallini-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>QGIS integrates with other open-source GIS packages, including <a href="/wiki/PostGIS" title="PostGIS">PostGIS</a>, <a href="/wiki/GRASS_GIS" title="GRASS GIS">GRASS GIS</a>, <a href="/wiki/SAGA_GIS" title="SAGA GIS">SAGA GIS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/MapServer" title="MapServer">MapServer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cavallini_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cavallini-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_(computing)" title="Plug-in (computing)">Plugins</a> written in <a href="/wiki/Python_(programming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Python (programming)">Python</a> or <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> extend QGIS's capabilities. Plugins can geocode using the Google Geocoding API, perform geoprocessing functions similar to those of the standard tools found in <a href="/wiki/ArcGIS" title="ArcGIS">ArcGIS</a>, and interface with <a href="/wiki/PostgreSQL" title="PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</a>/<a href="/wiki/PostGIS" title="PostGIS">PostGIS</a>, <a href="/wiki/SpatiaLite" title="SpatiaLite">SpatiaLite</a> and <a href="/wiki/MySQL" title="MySQL">MySQL</a> databases. </p><p>QGIS is built on top of, and standard installs include, broadly-used open-source GIS format and projection conversion libraries <a href="/wiki/GDAL" title="GDAL">GDAL</a> and <a href="/wiki/PROJ" title="PROJ">proj</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=QGIS&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gary Sherman began the development of Quantum GIS in early 2002, and it became an incubator project of the <a href="/wiki/Open_Source_Geospatial_Foundation" title="Open Source Geospatial Foundation">Open Source Geospatial Foundation</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Version 1.0 was released in January 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, along with release of version 2.0 the name was officially changed from <i>Quantum GIS</i> to <i>QGIS</i> to avoid confusion as both names had been used in parallel.<sup id="cite_ref-renamed_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renamed-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Written mainly in <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a>, QGIS makes extensive use of the <a href="/wiki/Qt_(toolkit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Qt (toolkit)">Qt</a> library.<sup id="cite_ref-Cavallini_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cavallini-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to Qt, required dependencies of QGIS include <a href="/wiki/GEOS_(software_library)" class="mw-redirect" title="GEOS (software library)">GEOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/SQLite" title="SQLite">SQLite</a>. <a href="/wiki/GDAL" title="GDAL">GDAL</a>, <a href="/wiki/GRASS_GIS" title="GRASS GIS">GRASS GIS</a>, <a href="/wiki/PostGIS" title="PostGIS">PostGIS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/PostgreSQL" title="PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</a> are also recommended, as they provide access to additional data formats.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:QGIS-Android_screenshot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/QGIS-Android_screenshot.png/220px-QGIS-Android_screenshot.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/QGIS-Android_screenshot.png/330px-QGIS-Android_screenshot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/QGIS-Android_screenshot.png/440px-QGIS-Android_screenshot.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>A screenshot from QGIS-Android in 2014.</figcaption></figure> <p>As of 2017<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QGIS&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, QGIS is available for multiple operating systems including <a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DL2017_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DL2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are several third-party apps that allow use of QGIS on mobile devices such as QField (Android, iOS and Windows), Mergin Maps (Android, iOS and Windows) and IntraMaps Roam (Windows).<sup id="cite_ref-DL2017_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DL2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>QGIS can also be used as a graphical user interface to GRASS. QGIS has a small install footprint on the host file system compared to commercial GISs and generally requires less <a href="/wiki/RAM" class="mw-redirect" title="RAM">RAM</a> and processing power; hence it can be used on older hardware or running simultaneously with other applications where CPU power may be limited.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>QGIS is maintained by volunteer developers who regularly release updates and bug fixes. As of 2012<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QGIS&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, developers have translated QGIS into 48 languages and the application is used internationally in academic and professional environments. Several companies offer support and feature development services.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=QGIS&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>QGIS enables users to visualize their data using maps, charts, and diagrams while customizing the presentation with a variety of symbology choices. The capabilities for geographical analysis provided by QGIS include buffer construction, spatial querying, and geoprocessing. For more complex geographical analysis, users can additionally make use of plugins and algorithms. QGIS also makes it simple to share and publish geospatial data as maps, online services, or print maps in a variety of file formats, such as shapefiles, GeoTIFFs, and KML files. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Print_composer_in_QGIS.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Print_composer_in_QGIS.png/220px-Print_composer_in_QGIS.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Print_composer_in_QGIS.png/330px-Print_composer_in_QGIS.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Print_composer_in_QGIS.png/440px-Print_composer_in_QGIS.png 2x" data-file-width="1153" data-file-height="688" /></a><figcaption>Screenshot of Print Composer</figcaption></figure> <p>In order to prepare printed map with QGIS, Print Layout is used. It can be used for adding multiple map views, labels, legends, etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Licensing">Licensing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=QGIS&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Licensing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a> application under <a href="/wiki/GNU_GPLv2" class="mw-redirect" title="GNU GPLv2">GNU GPLv2</a>, QGIS can be freely modified to perform different or more specialized tasks. Two examples are the QGIS Browser and QGIS Server applications, which use the same code for data access and rendering, but present different front-end interfaces.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adoption">Adoption</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=QGIS&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Adoption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many public and private organizations have adopted QGIS, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NSA" class="mw-redirect" title="NSA">US National Security Agency</a><sup id="cite_ref-NSA_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSA-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency" title="National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency">National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</a></li> <li>Austrian state of <a href="/wiki/Vorarlberg" title="Vorarlberg">Vorarlberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Swiss cantons of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Glarus" title="Canton of Glarus">Glarus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Solothurn" title="Canton of Solothurn">Solothurn</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vorarlberg_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vorarlberg-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>New Zealand's <a href="/wiki/Land_Information_New_Zealand" title="Land Information New Zealand">Land Information public service department</a><sup id="cite_ref-linz_17-0" 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