Change history for the QGIS Project

What's new in Version 3.26 'Buenos Aires'?

This release has following new features:

Breaking Changes: DB2 Support Removed
Map Tools: Selecting all features by attribute value from Identify Results panel
User Interface: Coordinate ordering according to CRS
User Interface: Select features from expression based symbols
User Interface: Copy preview expression value to clipboard
User Interface: Option to synchronize statistics panel with layer selection
User Interface: Implement scroll wheel action for color and symbol buttons
Accessibility: Horizontal table scroll with shift+wheel
Symbology: New "Animated Marker" symbol type
Symbology: Allow any symbol to be an animated symbol
Symbology: Point cloud style synchronization
Symbology: Add a new classification method for "Fixed interval"
Symbology: Custom dash pattern panel shows total pattern length
Symbology: Select style categories when storing styles in database
Labelling: Allow data-defined control over line anchor type
Labelling: Control label anchor placement relative to text position
Labelling: Interactively move curved line labels along their line features
Rendering: WMS provider resampling
Rendering: Selective masking vectorization
3D Features: Transparency support for 3D Phong material
3D Features: 3D Maps inherit terrain settings from project
3D Features: Sync 2D and 3D navigation
3D Features: 3D axis in 3D map viewer
Point Clouds: Point cloud triangulation in 3D views
Point Clouds: Cloud Optimized Point Clouds (COPC) support
Point Clouds: Point cloud filtering
Print Layouts: Apply font settings from layer conditional styling to layout attribute tables
Expressions: Between/ Not between operators
Expressions: Static parent variable in aggregate expression functions
Expressions: Static parent variable in aggregate expression functions
Digitising: Add a checkbox to disable vertex tool dock auto-opening behavior
Digitising: Integrate shape map tools into feature digitizing
Digitising: New constraints for advanced digitizing panel
Data Management: Add a "filter rules" search box to vector tile renderer and labeling widgets
Data Management: User defined field names in export
Data Management: Georeferencing vector layers in georeferencer
Data Management: Add field domain management capabilities to browser
Data Management: Buffered Transactional Editing
Forms and Widgets: Access form reference in python form actions
Forms and Widgets: Allow drag and drop forms label font and color customization
Forms and Widgets: Collapse form group by expression
Analysis Tools: "Keep disjoint features separate" option for dissolve algorithm
Processing: Raise message model tool
Processing: Run batch processing steps in tasks
Processing: Background processing of model algorithms
Processing: Allow setting Examples in graphical model help
Processing: Overlay tools with multiple overlay layers support
Application and Project Options: Project elevation properties framework
Application and Project Options: Optionally store UI configuration in projects
Application and Project Options: Optionally store layer edit state in projects
Application and Project Options: Project style databases support
Application and Project Options: Added setting to show feature counts by default for newly added layers
Application and Project Options: Add a "Skip" option for custom environmental variables in Settings->Options->Environment
Application and Project Options: Revamped projects' default symbols, color ramp , and text format
Profile Plots: Elevation profile plotting tool
Profile Plots: Flexible vector layer symbology in elevation profiles
Profile Plots: Flexible symbology for point cloud profile plotting
Profile Plots: Vector feature extrusion for profile charts
Browser: Rename bookmark groups context menu control
Data Providers: Support reading ESRI vector tile packages (.vtpk) files directly
Data Providers: SQL Logging in the Debugging/ Development panel
QGIS Server: Alternate periodic check strategy for detecting project updates
QGIS Server: Add more server highlight label parameters
QGIS Server: Temporal properties support for WMS Server
Programmability: Add a QgsScaleCalculator function to calculate canvas width from a given extent, scale, and dpi
Programmability: Clear current symbol action in symbol button widget

What's new in Version 3.24 'Tisler'?

This release has following new features:

User Interface: Retrieve map extents directly from layout maps and bookmarks
User Interface: Easier creation of custom coordinate reference systems
Symbology: Marker/hash line: offsets along line by "percent" of line length (and negative offsets!)
Symbology: Control whether first/last vertex placements apply to every part of multi-part geometries
Symbology: Marker/hash line "on vertices" placement option replaced by "on inner vertices"
Symbology: Placement options in marker and hash line symbol layers are now checkboxes instead of mutually exclusive buttons
Symbology: Control the color model used when interpolating gradient ramps
Symbology: Resizable thumbnails in the style manager dialog
Symbology: "Lineburst" symbols
Symbology: "Raster Line" symbols
Symbology: Choice of clipping behaviour for line pattern fills
Symbology: Improved rendering of line pattern fills
Symbology: Rotation angle for point pattern fills
Symbology: Randomized point offsets for point pattern fills
Symbology: Coordinate reference mode setting for line pattern and point pattern fill symbol layers
Symbology: Control marker clipping for point pattern fills
Symbology: Expression functions for creating triangular/square/curved waves
Labelling: "Percentage" units for text buffer size, shadow offset and blur radius
Labelling: Data defined label positions by point geometries
Labelling: Stretched text for labels and text formats
Rendering: Rendering layers as groups
Rendering: Support for "Line pattern" when converting Mapbox GL vector tile layer styles
Rendering: Support background styles for Mapbox GL-styled vector tile layers
3D Features: Respect Z ordering when rendering point clouds in 2D
3D Features: Dock/Undock 3D views
3D Features: 3D map view manager
3D Features: Improved camera navigation
Print Layouts: Full text rendering capabilities for layout text labels
Expressions: geometry_type function
Expressions: Overlay intersects sort by intersection size
Expressions: Show all layer field names when building expressions
Expressions: represent_attributes function
Expressions: Optional minimum overlap area and circle radius for overlay_intersection
Expressions: map_prefix_keys function
Expressions: densify_by_count and densify_by_distance functions
Expressions: Rotate parts of multi-part geometries independently with "rotate" expression function
Expressions: apply_dash_pattern function
Expressions: scale function
Expressions: Filter by multiple attributes for get_feature function
Data Management: Multiedit support for relation editor
Metadata and Metasearch: Support for OGC API - Records in MetaSearch
Forms and Widgets: Form submit actions with HTTP POST
Forms and Widgets: New button to open attribute table on filtered features
Analysis Tools: Add roundness method to curve polygon
Processing: Extract labels algorithm
Processing: Optional output extent parameter for the GDAL Raster Calculator algorithm
Processing: Optional extent parameter for the GDAL clip raster by mask algorithm
Processing: Processing history rework
Processing: Advanced actions in Processing dialogs
Processing: Single file exports from Atlas to PDF algorithm
Processing: Project Models are shown in the Project menu
Processing: Add point cloud destination parameter and output to Processing
Processing: Array field support
Application and Project Options: qgis_process --no-python argument
Application and Project Options: Suppress "bad layers" handler on startup
Application and Project Options: Parameter values for qgis_process can be specified as a JSON object via stdin
Application and Project Options: Run Python script algorithms directly via qgis_process
Data Providers: Friendlier errors from XYZ raster tiles, WMS and vector tiles
Data Providers: Add out-of-the-box connection to Mapzen Global Terrain tiles
Data Providers: HMAC SHA256 auth method for MapTiler
Data Providers: Template parameter {usage} for XYZ raster and vector tiles
Data Providers: Convert WMTS/XYZ raster tiles to terrain (DEM)
Data Providers: Array field types for scratch layers
Data Providers: JSON field types for new GeoPackage layers
Data Providers: Delimited text type overrides and other improvements
Data Providers: New authentication method for HTTP header based authentication
Data Providers: Expose secondary PostGIS geometry columns as referenced geometries
QGIS Server: Allow better control of the response flow chain from server filters

What's new in Version 3.22 'Białowieża'?

This release has following new features:

Annotations: Annotation layer properties and effects
Annotations: Edit nodes in an annotation item
Annotations: Move selected annotation with cursor keys
Annotations: Create line/ polygon annotation item tools
Annotations: New point text tool
Annotations: Annotations toolbar
Map Tools: Add a "measure bearing" map tool
User Interface: Toggle editing on multiple selected layers
User Interface: Identify layer groups and all selected layers
User Interface: Add a 'Show in Files' action for all file items in browser
Symbology: Custom units for geometry generator symbol layers
Symbology: Symbology reference scale for vector layers
Symbology: Invert colors filter option for raster rendering
Labelling: Specify unit for data defined label rotation
Mesh: Create new mesh layer
Mesh: Mesh frame editing
Mesh: Mesh frame editing lifecycle
Mesh: Edit mesh map tool
Mesh: Advanced mesh editing enhancements
Mesh: Select editable mesh elements by polygon
Mesh: Select mesh elements by existing geometries
Mesh: Select mesh elements by expression
Mesh: Transform single vertex
Mesh: Reindex/ renumber mesh layer
Mesh: Force mesh by polylines
Mesh: Mesh transform by expression
Rendering: Allow using physical DPI for map canvas
Rendering: Data defined raster layer opacity
Print Layouts: Predefined scale support for point-driven atlases
Print Layouts: Indentation of legend groups and subgroups
Expressions: Mesh expression functions for vertex_as_point and vertex_z
Expressions: Expression function for $z
Expressions: Affine transform expression
Expressions: Straight distance2d expression
Expressions: Add sinuosity expression
Expressions: New exif() and exif_geotag() functions
Digitising: Geometry snapper algorithm optimization
Digitising: Convert to curve with vertex tool
Digitising: Add Z/M support to Advanced Digitizing
Data Management: Drag and Drop support for external storage file widget
Data Management: File-based dataset size and last modified date in the layer properties dialog
Data Management: Rename files in QGIS Browser
Data Management: Move GPS tools "add gpx layer" functionality to Data Source Manager
Data Management: Load projects from GPKG using drag and drop
Data Management: External Storage support
Forms and Widgets: Drag & Drop designer form actions
Layer Legend: Use placeholder icon in legend for raster layers
Analysis Tools: Add if() function to raster calculator
Analysis Tools: Virtual raster support in raster calculator
Processing: Annotation layer parameter type for processing
Processing: Add a POST option to the FileDownloader processing algorithm
Processing: Add new "Select within distance" and "Extract within distance" algorithms
Processing: Point cloud parameter for Processing
Processing: Remove the GPS importer plugin
Processing: Convert GPX feature type processing algorithm
Processing: Add incremental field with modulo option
Processing: Duration parameter
Processing: Spatiotemporal ST-DBSCAN clustering algorithm
Processing: Move non-native processing providers into independent plugins
Application and Project Options: Export all keyboard shortcuts to XML or PDF
Application and Project Options: Move GPS Tools GPSbabel device configuration widget to global settings
Application and Project Options: Set default path structure for new projects
Browser: Improved delete action for browser files
Browser: Connections API result widget
Data Providers: Transactions in MSSQL provider
Data Providers: Show system and internal tables in sublayer selection
Data Providers: Automatically read and convert metadata from ESRI Personal Geodatabases
Data Providers: Create a generic data item provider for all file based datasources
QGIS Server: Enable multiple MetadataUrls
QGIS Server: Add version to QGIS Server CLI tools
Programmability: Expose scriptable vector tile encoder
Programmability: Encode and write vector tiles in different CRS than EPSG:3857
Programmability: DistanceWithin filter for QgsFeatureRequest
Programmability: API for preset combobox values
Programmability: QgsExifTools class support for fetching tag values
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Even Rouault
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Alessandro Pasotti
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Peter Petrik
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Sandro Santilli
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Loïc Bartoletti
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Denis Rouzaud
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Julien Cabieces
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Nyall Dawson

What's new in Version 3.20 'Odense'?

This release has following new features:

General: Additional options for opening attribute tables
General: Set size for all columns in attribute table
General: Export/import of authentication configurations made easy
Temporal: Temporal navigation steps
Temporal: Improved WMS-T settings
Temporal: Horizontal mouse wheel temporal navigation
Map Tools: Nominatim Geocoder Integration
User Interface: Processing history dialog improvements
User Interface: Map layer icons in the expression builder dialog
User Interface: SVG browser filtering
Symbology: Interpolated line symbol layer type for vector layers
Symbology: Trim the simple line symbol
Symbology: New "Embedded styling" renderer with OGR feature styles support
Symbology: New shapes and cap styles for ellipse markers
Symbology: Set cap styles for simple markers
Symbology: Allow pen cap style to be set for ellipse marker symbol layers
Symbology: Polygon rings @geometry_ring_num variable
Labelling: Fill symbols for label background shields
Labelling: Blending mode settings for label callouts
Labelling: Anchor line labels by entire line
Labelling: Balloon callout corner radius
Labelling: Balloon (speech bubble) callouts
Labelling: Curved line callout style
Labelling: Highlight pinned callout start or end points
Labelling: Auto-creation of callout auxiliary fields
Labelling: Callout snapping
Labelling: Toggle label layers shortcut
Labelling: Data defined callout start and end points
Labelling: Allow callouts to be interactively moved using the Move Label tool
Point Clouds: Support for remote datasets (EPT)
Print Layouts: "Convert to Static Text" option
Print Layouts: Improvement to XYZ layers previewed in map items
Expressions: length3D Function
Expressions: Extended array expression functions
Expressions: MIME Type expression function
Digitising: Select attributes from the largest geometry when merging
Digitising: Streaming digitizing mode
Digitising: New "Line Endpoints" snapping option
Digitising: Select vertices by polygon
Data Management: Layer tree warning icon for layers with CRS inaccuracies
Data Management: Basic support for dynamic CRS coordinate epoch
Data Management: Projection information improvements
Data Management: Datum ensemble CRS warnings
Data Management: Persist layer metadata in vector file exports
Data Management: Layer notes
Data Management: Automatically load .shp.xml metadata
Data Management: Automatically translate layer data from ESRI Filegeodatabases to QGIS layer metadata
Data Management: Read field domains from datasets
Data Management: Allow loading GPKG layers with GEOMETRY type
Data Management: Offline editing support for string list and number list field types
Forms and Widgets: Per-field usage of last values for newly created features
Forms and Widgets: JSON View widget
Layer Legend: Vector "label" legend entries
Processing: Add option to save layer metadata to Package Layers algorithm
Processing: Raster Layer Properties Algorithm
Processing: Improved rasterize operation with 3D support
Processing: Save selected option for Package Layers Algorithm
Processing: Log levels for processing context
Processing: Geometry snapper rework offers major speed boost
Processing: Add a last_value function to the aggregate algorithm
Application and Project Options: Add global option to disable monitoring of directories
Application and Project Options: APIs for export and import of XML authentication configurations
Browser: Custom icon colors for folders in browser
Browser: OWS Group removed from the QGIS Browser
Data Providers: Add support for integer, real and integer64 list data types in OGR
Data Providers: Extend vector layer read capabilities to other layer types
QGIS Server: External layer opacity
QGIS Server: Configurable Service URL
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Even Rouault
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Alessandro Pasotti
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Paul Blottiere
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Denis Rouzaud
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Loïc Bartoletti
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Julien Cabieces
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Peter Petrik

What's new in Version 3.18 'Zürich'?

This release has following new features:

General: QGIS 3.18 highlights (changelog)
User Interface: Hide derived attributes from the Identify results
User Interface: Close all tabs at once from message logs interface
User Interface: API for layer source widgets
User Interface: GUI for dynamic SVGs
User Interface: Zoom and pan to selection for multiple layers
User Interface: Zoom in/out by scrolling mouse wheel over map overview panel
Accessibility: Improved color vision deficiency simulation
Accessibility: Rotation widget for the Georeferencer
Symbology: Data defined overall symbol opacity
Symbology: Open the style gallery from the style manager
Mesh: New mesh export algorithms
Mesh: Native export for mesh layers
Mesh: Mesh simplification for 3D
Mesh: Multiple native mesh processing algorithms
Rendering: "Merged feature" renderer for polygon and line layers
Rendering: Smarter Map Redraws
3D Features: Eye dome lighting
3D Features: Data defined 3D material colors
3D Features: 3D Orthographic projection support
Point Clouds: Point Cloud Support
Point Clouds: Add point clouds to browser
Point Clouds: Untwine PDAL Provider Integration
Print Layouts: Gradient ramp based legends
Print Layouts: Color ramp legend improvements
Print Layouts: Dynamic text presets
Expressions: Optional formatting of UUID results
Expressions: Layer CRS variable for expressions
Expressions: Support for min, max, majority, sum, mean, and median functions on numerical arrays
Expressions: Negative index for array_get function
Expressions: Add map_credits function
Digitizing: Select features context menu
Digitizing: Curve tracing settings added to UI
Digitizing: Feature scaling tool
Data Management: New export to spreadsheet algorithm
Data Management: Reproject coordinates in the Georeferencer
Data Management: Polymorphic relations/ Document management system
Forms and Widgets: Soft and hard constraints in forms
Analysis Tools: Nominatim geocoder API
Processing: Allow expression for order fields in PointsToPath algorithm
Processing: Override CRS for Clip Raster by extent output
Processing: Add "retain fields" algorithm
Processing: Reference common field parameter for multiple layers
Processing: Extend import geotagged photos to include exif_orientation
Processing: Export layer information algorithm
Processing: Cell stack percentile and percentrank algorithms
Processing: Points to lines processing algorithm
Application and Project Options: Hidden layers
Application and Project Options: Custom "Full Extent" definition
Application and Project Options: Toggle network caching to QgsNetworkAccessManager
Browser: Unify ArcGis Feature Service and ArcGIS Map Service connections in browser
Browser: Allow browsing ArcGIS REST by content groups
Data Providers: Native DXF export algorithm
Data Providers: Additional geometry types for PostGIS Export
Data Providers: Improved network requests with GDAL
Data Providers: Read only generated fields
Data Providers: Improve MSSQL loading with predefined parameters
Data Providers: Filter schemas for MS SQL
Data Providers: SAP HANA database support
Data Providers: Deprecate support for DB2
Data Providers: Oracle connection API
Data Providers: Add advanced options for raster data imports
QGIS Server: GetLegendGraphics Symbol Scale
QGIS Server: Drag and drop for WMS GetFeatureInfo response
Programmability: Run multiple items from command history dialog
Programmability: Enable or disable plugins from the command line
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Alessandro Pasotti
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Peter Petrik
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Even Rouault
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Julien Cabieces
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Nyall Dawson

What's new in Version 3.16 'Hannover'?

This release has following new features:

General: Add user groups easter egg
General: QGIS 3.16 Highlights (changelog)
Temporal: Ability to export temporal animation frames
Map Tools: Go-To locator
User Interface: Add context menu to map canvas
Symbology: Vector tile styling improvements
Symbology: Allow users to optionally specify the URL for the default style on vector tile connections
Symbology: Allow data-defined offset for fill symbol layers
Symbology: Import MapBox GL JSON styles for vector tile layers
Symbology: Expose option to offset simple line dash patterns by a preset amount
Symbology: Add options to dynamically tweak dash pattern in simple line symbol layers
Symbology: Manage 3D symbols through style manager
Labeling: Add option to allow users to control the placement of labels along line features
Labeling: Control anchor point for line labels
Diagrams: Render axis for stacked bar diagram
Mesh: In-memory mesh datasets with persistence
Mesh: Multi identify for mesh layer
Mesh: Virtual dataset groups for mesh layer
Mesh: Add export to QgsMesh method
Mesh: TIN Mesh creation
Rendering: Gamma correction filter for raster layers
3D Features: Allow 3D material texture files to be embedded in style/project
3D Features: Shadow rendering
3D Features: Export 3D scenes
3D Features: Directional lighting support for QGIS 3D
3D Features: Texturing support for vector layer
3D Features: Enable embedded and remote 3D models for 3D point symbols
3D Features: Add option to show light source origins
3D Features: Improvements for material handling
Print Layouts: Expose control over text format and alignment for individual cells in manual text tables
Print Layouts: Use QgsTextRenderer to render attribute table text
Print Layouts: Use QgsTextRenderer for drawing map grid text in layouts
Print Layouts: Expose option to control PDF image compression method when exporting layouts to PDF
Print Layouts: Add automatic clipping settings for atlas maps
Print Layouts: Add API to QgsMapSettings for specifying clipping regions to apply while rendering maps
Print Layouts: Layout legend maximum marker size
Print Layouts: Allow cells in manual text tables to have expression based contents
Print Layouts: Clip layout maps to shape
Print Layouts: Support for rotated ticks/annotation
Print Layouts: Add page offset expression for Y positions
Expressions: Add to_decimal() function to convert DMS to DD
Expressions: Add "main_angle" function to return the estimated main angle of a geometry
Expressions: Port refFunctions to core
Digitizing: Add option to calculate bearing based on travel direction
Digitizing: Digitizing and splitting curved features
Data Management: Rescale raster algorithm for Processing
Forms and Widgets: Multiple widgets for a single relation
Forms and Widgets: Show related features in identify results tree
Forms and Widgets: Filter expressions in relation reference widget
Analysis Tools: Add project load profile times to debugging tools dock
Analysis Tools: New Cell statistics algorithm
Analysis Tools: New Equal to frequency algorithm
Analysis Tools: New Greater than frequency algorithm
Analysis Tools: New Less than frequency algorithm
Analysis Tools: New Lowest position in raster stack algorithm
Analysis Tools: New Highest position in raster stack algorithm
Analysis Tools: New "Highest/Lowest position in raster stack" algorithms
Processing: Add help string for parameters
Processing: New "Align points to features" algorithm
Processing: Add modeler algorithm to create directories
Processing: Add modeler algorithm to set a project expression variable
Processing: Add processing algorithms to export a print layout as PDF/image
Processing: Add a save features to file algorithm
Processing: Export layout atlas as PDF algorithm
Processing: New "Flatten Relationship" algorithm
Processing: Export atlas layout as image algorithm
Processing: Load processing results to layer group
Processing: Add zonal statistics algorithm which creates new output
Processing: Add geometry processing parameter
Processing: Add an interface to determine whether it is safe for the application to exit
Application and Project Options: List available GDAL vector drivers
Application and Project Options: Detect GRASS installation folder on MacOS
Browser: Expose fields in the Browser
Data Providers: ArcGIS Vector Tile Service connections
Data Providers: Trust layer metadata propagation
Data Providers: Add support for virtual columns in Oracle
Data Providers: Add advanced options for data imports
QGIS Server: QGIS Server WFS3 API Sorting
QGIS Server: QGIS Server landing page
QGIS Server: Environment variable to disable GetPrint and to not load layouts
QGIS Server: Environment variable to trust layer metadata with server settings
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Even Rouault
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Alessandro Pasotti
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Peter Petrik
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Paul Blottiere
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Matthias Kuhn
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Julien Cabieces
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Denis Rouzaud
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Olivier Dalang
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Nyall Dawson

What's new in Version 3.14 'Pi'?

This release has following new features:

General: New grid decoration annotations font settings
General: QGIS 3.14 Highlights (changelog)
Temporal: Cumulative temporal range setting in temporal controller
Temporal: Add a new "Redraw Layer Only" mode for temporal vector layers
Temporal: Add basic temporal handling support for vector layers
Temporal: Postgres raster temporal API support
Temporal: QGIS Project temporal settings
Temporal: WMS-T layers temporal constraints support
Temporal: Temporal API
Map Tools: Identify Tool Support for QGIS vector tile layers.
Map Tools: Show a menu next to scale widget buttons, to allow setting the widget directly to a scale from a print layout map
Map Tools: Add tool button to "Deselect Features from the Current Active layer"
User Interface: Allow the drag and drop of a layer across several QGIS instances
User Interface: Open attribute tables as tabs
Symbology: Raster Layer Contour Renderer
Symbology: Add percentage size unit for Raster Image Marker and Raster fill layers symbology.
Symbology: Add data-defined property to font family/style for font markers
Symbology: New font style setting for font markers
Labeling: Respect HTML colors in labels
Labeling: Automatic placement of labels outside polygons
Labeling: Vector tile layer - part 4 (labeling)
Labeling: Add control over anchor point for callout on label
Mesh: Use only specified dataset group
Mesh: Scalar color settings depending on classification
Mesh: Snap on mesh elements
Mesh: 1D mesh width/color varying
Mesh: Support for multiple mesh (since MDAL 0.5.91)
Mesh: Plug mesh layer to QGIS temporal framework
Mesh: Resampling from vertex values to face values
Mesh: Coloring mesh vector dataset with color ramp shader
Mesh: Save style for mesh layer
Mesh: Mesh 1D Renderer
Mesh: Mesh simplification
3D Features: Arrows for 3D mesh layer dataset rendering
Print Layouts: Temporal settings for layout map items
Print Layouts: Allow sorting attribute table by field not listed in the table
Print Layouts: Expose control over layer legend splitting behavior on a layer-by-layer basis
Print Layouts: Allow customization of division and subdivision symbols as distinct from scalebar tick horizontal symbol
Print Layouts: Allow overriding the default symbol for a legend node
Print Layouts: Allow placing manual column breaks in legends
Print Layouts: Add subdivisions in ticks scalebar right segments
Print Layouts: Allow overriding the legend patch size on a per-item basis
Print Layouts: Allow control over the horizontal spacing before legend group/subgroup/symbols
Print Layouts: Manage legend patch shapes through style manager
Print Layouts: Allow configuring legend patch shapes by double-clicking on legend items
Print Layouts: Support pasting pictures directly into layouts
Print Layouts: Allow marker items to sync rotation with maps
Print Layouts: New item type for marker symbols
Print Layouts: Add import content from clipboard for fixed table items
Print Layouts: Add numeric formatter "fraction" style
Print Layouts: Add "stepped line" and "hollow" scalebar styles
Print Layouts: Allow scalebar line style to be set using standard QGIS line symbols
Print Layouts: Rework picture item UI and behavior
Print Layouts: Make CRS controlable by a variable
Expressions: New expressions
Expressions: Feature browser for preview in expression builder
Expressions: Ability to remove custom functions
Expressions: Add ability to edit, import and export user expressions
Digitizing: Dedicated avoid geometry intersection/overlap mode
Digitizing: New snapping modes: Centroid and middle of a segment (midpoint)
Digitizing: Snapping to the currently digitized feature
Digitizing: Tracing now supports curved geometries
Forms and Widgets: Allow editing of links in file widget
Forms and Widgets: Expression controlled labels (aliases)
Forms and Widgets: Add description to value relation widget
Forms and Widgets: New database table name widget
Forms and Widgets: Get current parent form values in child forms
Forms and Widgets: Relation widget: add checkbox to hide save child edits button
Forms and Widgets: Relation widget force suppress popup
Layer Legend: Added move to bottom in layertreeview context menu
Layer Legend: Make Add Group button act as Group Selected if selected layers >= 2
Layer Legend: Allow renaming of the current map theme
Layer Legend: Turn on/off ALL selected layers with "Space" button
Analysis Tools: Network logger - more functionality
Analysis Tools: Inbuilt network logging tool
Processing: Collection of random raster generation algorithms
Processing: Vector tile layer - part 8 (writer in Processing)
Processing: New modeler algorithm for creating conditional branches
Processing: Allow reordering model inputs
Processing: Defer model validation
Processing: Added support for different raster data types in Create constant raster layer algorithm
Processing: Added Round raster algorithm
Processing: Allow copying/cut/paste of model components
Processing: Allow appending processing results to existing layers
Processing: Allow creation of group boxes in models
Processing: Processing: show input and output values for children after running model through designer
Processing: Add "Save Log to File" algorithm for models
Processing: Allow running algorithms directly on database (and other non-disk) sources without loading into projects first
Processing: Expose per-feature-source advanced options for processing inputs
Processing: Enable snapping to grid for models in designer
Processing: Add "filter by geometry type" and "filter by layer type" algorithms to processing
Processing: "Remove Null Geometries" algorithm can also remove EMPTY geometries
Processing: Add multi-selection handling to model designer, interactive resizing
Processing: Add undo/redo support to model designer
Processing: Remember parameter values between model designer runs
Processing: Comments in Processing Models
Processing: New standalone console tool for running processing algorithms
Processing: New parameter type for datetime (or date, or time) values
Processing: Add algorithms for raising warnings and exceptions from models
Processing: Add Fill NoData cells algorithm
Processing: Various fixes for Processing
Processing: Show "template layer" field constraints in the "Refactor Fields" algorithm interface
Processing: New convert to curves algorithm
Application and Project Options: Add @layers, @layer_ids project scope variables
Data Providers: Allow adding attributes in the New Scratch Layer dialog
Data Providers: Allow creating geometryless DBF tables from the New Shapefile dialog
Data Providers: Allow filtering WM(T)S list in source dialog
Data Providers: Add vector tiles to Datasource manager dialog and Layers menu
Data Providers: Import/export for ArcGIS Map and FeatureServer connections
Data Providers: Add XYZ tiles to Datasource manager dialog and Layers menu
Data Providers: Spatialite transaction group
Data Providers: Allowing saving outputs direct to more database formats (and other nice stuff)
Data Providers: Add dedicated parameter type for database connections
Data Providers: PG: expose foreign tables
Data Providers: PG raster expose set filter to app
Data Providers: Postgres: save features into tables with generated fields
Data Providers: Date and DateTime field types support added to Spatialite and Delimited Text providers
QGIS Server: Add QGIS_SERVER_IGNORE_BAD_LAYERS config option
QGIS Server: Server project settings, add 'expanded' attribute
QGIS Server: Add DXF server export params NO_MTEXT and FORCE_2D
QGIS Server: WMS project validator
QGIS Server: Webp
Plugins: Allow plugins to register custom "Project Open" handlers
Plugins: Allow users to install stable or experimental plugins
Programmability: Support for adding dock widgets as tabs: addTabifyDockWidget()
Programmability: Port output parameter wrappers to new API
Programmability: Port last remaining input parameters to new API
Programmability: Port Feature Source, Raster, Vector and Mesh Layer parameters to new API
Programmability: Vector tile layer - part 1
Programmability: Port processing extent parameter to new api, many other improvements
Programmability: Interface and API for unified development/debugging tools
Programmability: Data type support for QgsProcessingParameterMapLayer
Programmability: Add processing parameter types for database schema and table name
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Alessandro Pasotti
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Loïc Bartoletti
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Even Rouault
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Paul Blottiere
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Julien Cabieces
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Bertrand Rix
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Sebastien Peillet
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Alexander Bruy
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Nyall Dawson
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Denis Rouzaud

What's new in Version 3.12 'București'?

This release has following new features:

User Interface: Deselecting tables when adding PostgreSQL data after add button is clicked.
Symbology: Vector Trace Animation and Streamlines for Mesh Layer
Rendering: Play/Stop Buttons for Mesh Layer Playback
Rendering: On the Fly Resampling of Data Defined on Faces to Vertices (Mesh Layer)
Rendering: Support for Mesh Reference Time
3D Features: 3D Mesh Layer Terrain Renderer
3D Features: Harmonize 3D map view widget with 2D ones to display the map theme drop-down menu
Expressions: Search Tags for Functions
Expressions: List Referenced Layer Values
Expressions: New functions to check if a geometry is empty or null
Expressions: Hash expressions
Digitizing: Edit Invalid Attributes on Copy/Paste to Another Layer
Digitizing: Snapping cache parallelization
Data Management: DXF Export Improvements
Forms and Widgets: Create geometric feature from the relation editor
Forms and Widgets: Improve feature selection dialog
Analysis Tools: Smooth Export of the Contours from Mesh Layer
Analysis Tools: Support of Datasets Defined on Faces in QGIS Mesh Calculator
Processing: Package new layers to existing GeoPackage
Browser: Customization of the items shown in browser
Data Providers: Changed WMTS layer collection icon
Data Providers: Added Metadata URL property in the layer metadata tab for WMS / WMTS and WCS services
Data Providers: Fetch and show dimensions metadata for a WMS layer metadata
Data Providers: Added refresh action to OGC services entries
Data Providers: 3d Stacked Meshes
Data Providers: Oracle curve type edition support
Programmability: Exposes shape digitizing methods to QgisInterface
Notable Fixes: Bug fixes by Stephen Knox

What's new in Version 3.10 'A Coruña'?

This release has following new features:

Map Tools: Show 3D length for LineStringZ features in identify derived attributes
Symbology: Customizable default resampling settings for newly-added raster layers
Symbology: Add "extract symbols" action to QGS/QGZ project file context menu in browser
Symbology: Improved copy/paste of symbols
Symbology: "Center of segment" placement mode for marker and hash line symbol layers
Symbology: Allow array values as a valid result for data defined offset
Labeling: Allow creation and editing of text formats and label settings through style manager dialog
Labeling: New text "background" setting for marker symbol backgrounds
Labeling: Callouts support
Labeling: Add multiline alignment property to the change label tool
Labeling: Allow display of unplaced labels
Labeling: Add "overrun distance" setting for line labels
Labeling: Allow data defined control over "label every part of multipart features" setting
Labeling: Expose "label all parts" option via label properties tool
Labeling: Support vertical text orientation
Labeling: Expose font kerning setting
Rendering: Allow rendering raster layers outside the reported extent
Rendering: Add option to georeference PDFs and TIFs to save map canvas as image/PDF
Rendering: new map canvas image decoration
Rendering: logarithmic scale method for graduated renderer
3D Features: Measurement tool in 3D map view
3D Features: Billboard Rendering for Points
3D Features: 3D On-Screen Navigation
Print Layouts: Right-to-left arrangement for legends
Print Layouts: Control margin under legend group and subgroup headings
Print Layouts: Allow data defined settings in text formats
Print Layouts: @scale_value variable
Print Layouts: Add above/below segments placement option for scalebar labels
Print Layouts: Horizontal placement option for scale bar labels
Print Layouts: Add option to simplify PDF or SVG exports
Print Layouts: Improved SVG layered exports
Print Layouts: Add an indicator in the status bar while a map redraw is occurring in the background
Print Layouts: GeoPDF Export
Print Layouts: Data defined control over grid properties
Print Layouts: "fit segment size" mode for map grid interval
Print Layouts: layout map item extent to an existing bookmark
Expressions: New expression functions
Digitizing: GPS timestamp support
Data Management: Composite Foreign Keys
Data Management: Add circular data dependencies
Analysis Tools: Stored filter expressions
Analysis Tools: New operator for Raster Calculator
Processing: new algorithm point to layer
Processing: allow defining model parameters as advanced
Processing: All GDAL based algorithms now support free-form "additional parameters"
Processing: Add metatile size parameter to XYZ tiles algorithm
Processing: New parameter type for colors
Processing: New algorithm "Create style database from project"
Processing: Allow file filter and default value to be set for file/folder inputs in models
Processing: New algorithm "Combine style databases"
Processing: Generate XYZ tiles using multiple threads
Processing: New algorithms for exporting and importing to/from map layers
Processing: New algorithm "Split features by character"
Processing: New algorithm Climb Along Line
Processing: Port Create Grid algorithm to C++
General: Show news items on welcome page
General: Add a separate unit choice for milliradians (SI definition) vs mil (NATO definition)
General: Enable widget filtering in Interface Customization dialog
General: Improved auto-fix broken layers
General: Bookmark Revamp
General: "Reselect Features" action in Edit -> Select menu
General: Parallelize snap index build
Data Providers: Handle read-write support for .shz and .shp.zip
Data Providers: oracle provider: add support for auth manager
Data Providers: Improved PostGIS raster support
Data Providers: Oracle - Database transaction support
Data Providers: Add support for z/m dimensions to delimited text layers
Data Providers: Static data providers
QGIS Server: Using SVG in QGIS Server
QGIS Server: WMS dimension
QGIS Server: Server OAPIF (aka WFS3) support
Programmability: New class QgsBookmarkManager
Programmability: New API for provider database connections

What's new in Version 3.8 'Zanzibar'?

This release has following new features:

Expressions: Add order by support to expression aggregate and concatenation functions
Expressions: File Information
User Interface: Save to Template Button
Symbology: Allow strings for font markers
Symbology: Offset setting for point pattern fill symbol layer
Symbology: Average line angles for marker and hashed line
Digitizing: Floating widget for advanced input next to cursor
Digitizing: Chanied add vertex at endpoint
Forms and Widgets: Allow browsing feature list
Analysis Tools: New aggregate method: concatenate_unique
Processing: Add "Save layer styles into GeoPackage" option for Package Layers algorithm
Processing: Overlap Analysis
Processing: Allow rounding values in ExtentFromLayer
Processing: New options to autofill batch processing dialog
Processing: Generate raster XYZ tiles
Processing: Join attributes by nearest
QGIS Server: Allow configuring size for GetLegendGraphics
Programmability: Add REGEXP SQL syntax support to spatialite provider and python connections
Notable Fixes: Support for curves in DXF export
3D Features: Wide lines and polygon edge highlighting
3D Features: Export all frames from QGIS 3d animations as images
3D Features: Terrain generation from online source
3D Features: Configuration of field of view angle of camera

What's new in Version 3.6.0 'Noosa'?

This release has following new features:

Map Tools: Title label decoration
Map Tools: Top/bottom centering placement for decoration items
Map Tools: Vertex tool fixes and improvements
Map Tools: Identify tool supports mesh layers
Expressions: New Expression Functions
Expressions: Square brackets to easily access map array elements
Expressions: New map expression variables
User Interface: A new grayscale theme, "blend of gray"
User Interface: Multiline selections and editing in code/expression editors
Symbology: Better handling of .XML style libraries
Symbology: Optionally force right-hand-rule during polygon symbol rendering
Symbology: Option for simple lines and marker lines to only render exterior ring or interior rings
Symbology: Raster image marker
Symbology: Raster fill can have images set to remote URLs or embedded images
Symbology: Use represention values for classified renderers
Symbology: Option to merge categories in categorized renderer
Symbology: Show Project Colors in color bound data defined buttons
Symbology: Style manager dialog improvements
Digitizing: Georeferencer enhancements
Digitizing: New option to avoid minimizing georeferencer when adding points
Data Management: Comment option in db manager
Forms and Widgets: New form widget for binary (blob) fields
Map Composer: Grid frame improvements
Map Composer: Improved handling of text and label export
Map Composer: Map labeling improvements
Map Composer: Rework of map item extent/scale shortcuts
Map Composer: Layout items can "block" map labels
Map Composer: Warnings on exports
Map Composer: Control over stacking position of map overview extents
Map Composer: New expression variables for legend items
Map Composer: Expressions inside legend item text
Analysis Tools: Hardware acceleration for raster calculator
Processing: New algorithm "Remove duplicates by attribute"
Processing: Explode HStore algorithm
Processing: Force right-hand-rule
Processing: Extract Binary Field algorithm
Processing: Split Lines by Maximum Length algorithm
Processing: New parameter type for authentication config
Processing: resampling and format options in the gdaladdo algorithm
Processing: Raster zonal stats algorithm
Processing: Extract Z values and Extract M values algorithms
Processing: Geodesic line split at antimeridian algorithm
Processing: Geodesic mode for "Join by Lines (Hub lines)" algorithm
Processing: Raster Surface Volume algorithm
Processing: Resurrected model to Python script functionality
Application and Project Options: Delete settings from the Advanced tab in options
Browser: Add "export to file" options for raster and vector layers within the browser
Browser: Native file/folder properties
Browser: Preview layers and attributes
Browser: Explore QGS/QGZ project files in the browser
Browser: Directly Create Geopackage and Shapefiles
Browser: Open Terminal at Path
General: Improved "missing layer" handling on project load
General: Optional setting for disabling version checks
General: Add a toggle action to vector layer legend items
Data Providers: Open service info for ArcGIS Feature Server layers
Data Providers: Binary blob support for OGR providers
Data Providers: ArcGIS Feature Server picture marker and picture fill support
Data Providers: ArcGIS Feature Server labeling support
Data Providers: Boolean and binary field support for memory layers
Data Providers: JSON Support for GeoPackage
Data Providers: Postgres provider: save primary key selection
QGIS Server: Possibility to set ATLAS_PK in GetPrint request to print atlas sheet(s)
QGIS Server: WMTS tile matrices configuration
Programmability: New class QgsExifTools
Programmability: Iterate over parts of a QgsGeometry
Programmability: Improved QgsLineString PyQGIS API
Programmability: PyQGIS Geometry Collection API improvements
Programmability: Easier Processing algorithm creation via @alg decorator
Programmability: Blocking (non-async) network requests
Programmability: Custom validity checks on layout exports
Programmability: API for calculating Geodesic lines
3D Features: Terrain shading
3D Features: Configuration of lights in 3D map scenes
3D Features: Rule-based 3D renderer

What's new in Version 3.4-LTR 'Madeira'?

This release has following new features:

Expressions: New expression functions and variables
Expressions: Code completion for expression builder
User Interface: Auto selection of exported files in file manager
User Interface: New "Open Directory" option for disabled welcome page projects
User Interface: UX Improvements for Temporary Scratch Layers
User Interface: Task manager improvements
User Interface: Hyperlinks to local vector & raster datasets in the information panel
User Interface: Style manager improvements
User Interface: Polished browser panel interface and experience
User Interface: QML chart and drawings widget
Symbology: Mesh layer styling
Symbology: Classify symmetric in graduated renderer
Digitizing: GPS tracking improvements
Digitizing: More angle choices in advanced digitizing dock
Digitizing: Vertex tool can work on the current layer only
Digitizing: Add reverse line maptools
Digitizing: Geometry Precision
Digitizing: Automatically remove duplicate nodes
Digitizing: Check for geometry validity
Digitizing: Topology checks while editing
Data Management: Translation of QGIS projects
Data Management: Switch Attribute Table dock mode on demand
Data Management: New locator filter to search across all layers
Data Management: Non-removable (required) layers highlighted in layer tree
Data Management: Append raster layer to an existing Geopackage
Map Composer: 3d map items
Processing: Edit in place
Processing: Store models inside project
Processing: Sample Raster Values
Processing: New 'Raster pixels to polygons' algorithm
Processing: K Means clustering algorithm
Processing: dbscan spatial clustering algorithm
Processing: Improved algorithms
Processing: Filter Vertices by M and Filter Vertices by Z algorithms
Processing: "Array of Translated Features" algorithm
Processing: "Array of offset (parallel) lines" algorithm
Processing: Choice of units for non degree/unknown distances
Processing: "Drape features to z/m" algorithms
Processing: "Raster pixels to points" algorithm
Processing: Line substring algorithm
Processing: "Interpolate point on line" algorithm
Processing: k-neighbour concave hull
Processing: Python scripts which implement algorithms now execute the algorithm on drag and drop and browser double-click
Processing: New GDAL's rearrange band algorithm
Processing: "Precalculated" values for model algorithm parameters
Processing: "Categorize a layer using a style XML file" algorithm
General: Flatpak
General: SVG files can be embedded in projects and symbols
General: OpenCL based acceleration
Data Providers: OAuth2 authentication method plugin
Data Providers: Mesh layer: New mesh layer format support
Data Providers: Mesh layer: add function to identify value on mesh layers
Data Providers: Mesh layer: allow choosing different vector and scalar dataset
Data Providers: Mesh layer: allow render vectors/arrows on the user-defined grid
Data Providers: JSON/JSONB Type support
Data Providers: ESRI Token Authentication support
Data Providers: SQL Server - Invalid geometry handling
QGIS Server: Server Cache can be manage by plugins
QGIS Server: WMTS 1.0.0 support
QGIS Server: Add ability to define min. scale for WMTS
QGIS Server: Support QGIS Server logs to stderr
Plugins: Support for encrypted zips in the Plugin Manager
Plugins: Offline Editing GeoPackage
Programmability: QgsSpatialIndexKDBush
Programmability: QgsRasterDataProvider::sample method for efficient sampling of rasters at a given point
Programmability: New geometry API call to return a curve substring
Programmability: sip Module API Changes
3D Features: Improved navigation
3D Features: Animation
3D Features: Simple rendering of 3D linestrings
3D Features: Identification map tool for 3D views

What's new in Version 3.2 'Bonn'?

This release has following new features:

Expressions: New expression functions
Expressions: More helpful expression builder
Map Tools: Simplify map tool can now also smooth features
Map Tools: Identify Tool with extra options
Map Tools: Store also expanded/collapsed state of nodes in map Themes
Map Tools: Auto "Zoom to Selection" mode for new map views
Map Tools: Choice of simplification method for simplify map tool
Map Tools: add zoom to related feature in forms
Map Tools: Cartesian areas/lengths/perimeters in identify results
User Interface: Layers panel: indicators for filtered map layers
User Interface: Allow customizing prefix of locator filters
User Interface: Opening of vector and raster stored on HTTP(S), FTP, or cloud services
User Interface: Quick calculator in locator search bar
User Interface: Shortcuts for toggling panels
User Interface: Bookmark searching in locator
User Interface: Close and Revert Project actions
User Interface: Unsaved changes indicator in title bar
User Interface: Configurable map tips delay
User Interface: Move layer or group to top of layer panel
User Interface: Copy statistics panel content to clipboard button
User Interface: Search Settings, Options, and Project Properties pages from locator
User Interface: Indicators for embedded layers and groups
Symbology: Nicer colors for new layers
Rendering: Improved map Copyright decoration
Rendering: Main window scale bar font size and family can be customized
Rendering: Custom SVG path and size for the north arrow decoration
Data Management: Refresh a materialized view
Data Management: Z and M support for offline editing
Data Management: Metadata for QGIS projects
Forms and Widgets: Multi-column layout for multiselect value relation widget
Forms and Widgets: Allow using a URL for custom attribute forms (UI file)
Forms and Widgets: Drill-down (cascading) forms
Layer Legend: Optional text on top of symbols for vector layers
Layer Legend: Copy&Paste Group/Layers from a QGIS project to another.
Map Composer: Data defined table source for attribute table items
Map Composer: Project metadata embedded in layout exports
Map Composer: Better formatting for scalebar text
Processing: Improved 'Join by attribute table' algorithm
Processing: Load script from template
Processing: Feature filter algorithm for processing models
Processing: Zonal histogram
Processing: Port Union, Difference and Intersection algorithms to C++
Processing: 'Project points (Cartesian)' algorithm
Processing: Dynamic parameter values for more algorithms
Processing: Multi-ring buffer (constant distance) algorithm
Processing: New "segmentize" algorithms
Processing: Option to create points on all polygon parts
Processing: Rotate Features algorithm
Processing: Line sinuosity in "Add Geometry Attributes"
Processing: Import geotagged photos
Processing: Swap x/y coordinate values algorithm
Processing: Sort order option for "Add Incremental Field"
Processing: Indicator for distance parameter units
Processing: Algorithm log can be saved/cleared/copied
Processing: Wedge buffer algorithm
Processing: Variable width buffers
Processing: Reclassify raster algorithms
Application and Project Options: Mandatory layers in project
Application and Project Options: Saving and loading projects in Postgresql database
Browser: Save/Load connections for XYZ Tiles
Browser: Project home path can be manually set
General: New zipped project file format .qgz is now the default format
General: Filtering for field values in Query Builder
General: FULL screen Map via Ctrl-Shift-Tab
Data Providers: Support for mesh layer
Data Providers: Automatically set default style for layers for ArcGIS Feature Server layers
Data Providers: Faster Oracle queries
Data Providers: Restrict table list for a Oracle database connection to a preset schema
Data Providers: Read only support for curved Oracle geometries
Plugins: Adding query history in DB Manager
Plugins: DB Manager SQL execution in background

What's new in Version 3.0 'Girona'?

This release has following new features:

Expressions: Support aggregation of geometry in expressions
Expressions: New expression variables
Expressions: new global expression variable @qgis_locale
Expressions: item_variables expression function inside compositions
Expressions: New expression variables for map settings
Expressions: New expression functions
Expressions: Expose @parent variable in aggregate functions
User Interface: Improved consistency to the user interface
User Interface: Enable tabbed floating docks
User Interface: Add support for fine-resolution mouse wheel zooming
User Interface: add search bar to the Configure Shortcuts dialog
User Interface: Toggle visibility of opened panels in main window
User Interface: Locator bar
User Interface: More non-blocking, inline editing
User Interface: Add an option to show user color schemes menus
User Interface: Color setting for map canvas north arrow decoration
User Interface: Improved map canvas' save as image
Symbology: NEW MAP COLORING ALGORITHMS IN QGIS 3.0
Symbology: New "preset" colors color ramp option
Symbology: Allow symbol layers to be temporarily disabled
Symbology: Data defined symbol layer visibility
Symbology: save and restore color ramp used for singleband pseudocolor rendering
Symbology: save and restore color ramp used for singleband pseudocolor rendering
Symbology: Add Points and Inches to available symbol units
Symbology: New color ramp button widget
Symbology: Style management re-work and upgrade
Symbology: Show an alpha slider in color button drop-down menu
Symbology: Support setting of color and transparency on multiple items for raster renderers
Symbology: raster auto-stretching when updating canvas
Symbology: Raster stretch toolbar actions support for pseudocolor renderer
Symbology: Transparency support for paletted renderer
Symbology: Control over annotation contents margins
Symbology: Annotations can be styled using fill symbol styles
Symbology: Point cluster renderer
Labeling: Allow label font size in mm/pixels
Labeling: Custom labeling toolbar is now always enabled
Diagrams: Data definable properties
Rendering: Grid renderer for points displacement
Rendering: Live layer support
Rendering: Cache labeling result to avoid unnecessary redraws when refreshing canvas
Digitizing: add functionality to copy/move feature to move feature map tool
Digitizing: Range vertex selection in node tool
Digitizing: Add default Z value option
Digitizing: Move feature now benefits from Advanced Digitizing
Digitizing: Tracing with offset
Data Management: Metadata overhaul
Data Management: Auxiliary Storage Support
Data Management: Pan to current feature in attribute table
Data Management: Map of CRS-extent in Project properties
Data Management: Unified data source manager dialog
Data Management: Unified data source manager dialog
Data Management: Unified data source manager dialog
Forms and Widgets: Allow controlling labels for individual edit widgets
Forms and Widgets: Smarter default edit widgets with plugins to pick them
Forms and Widgets: Allow configuring link/unlink feature buttons on relation editor widget
Forms and Widgets: conditional visibility for tabs and groupboxes
Forms and Widgets: Field constraints can be enforced or not
Forms and Widgets: Add layer scoped actions
Forms and Widgets: Add between/not between to numerical fields in select by form
Forms and Widgets: Show field values in autocompleter in form filter mode
Forms and Widgets: Add zoom to features and flash features shortcuts in select by form dialog
Forms and Widgets: Add between/not between to numerical fields in select by form
Layer Legend: Hide Deselected Layers action
Layer Legend: Change of ergonomy of the visibility of layers inside groups
Map Composer: Control over drawing of composer table grid horizontal & vertical lines
Map Composer: Map Composer Overhaul
Map Composer: Drag qpt to QGIS to create new composer from template
Map Composer: Allow customization of line spacing for composer legend item labels
Map Composer: Allow choice of CRS for map items
Map Composer: Data definable controls
Map Composer: Holding shift while drawing polyline/polygon constrains line angles
Analysis Tools: Raster unique values count for processing
Processing: New algorithm for offsetting lines
Processing: New algorithm for single sided buffers
Processing: Optimised points along geometry algorithm
Processing: Add choice of simplification method to simplify
Processing: support for output geometry types in models
Processing: Angle threshold for smooth algorithm
Processing: Better support for Z/M dimensions and curved geometries
Processing: Raster analysis algorithms added to Processing
Processing: New algorithm to extract specific nodes
Processing: expose zonal statistics from Zonal statistics plugin in toolbox
Processing: add a spatialite execute SQL algorithm
Processing: New algorithm to extend lines
Processing: New extract by expression algorithm
Processing: add import into spatialite algorithm
Processing: Interpolation algorithms
Processing: New algorithm to compute geometry by expression
Processing: Snap geometries to layer algorithm
Processing: New input type for expressions
Processing: SplitWithLines
Processing: pole of inaccessibility algorithm
Processing: Extract by attribute can extract for null/notnull values
Processing: Create attribute index algorithm
Processing: New 'drop geometries' algorithm
Processing: New universal 'basic stats for field' algorithm
Processing: Port heatmap plugin to processing algorithm
Processing: New algorithm to orthogonalize geometries
Processing: Network analysis algorithms
Processing: Export processing models as PDF/SVG
Processing: New algorithm to truncate tables
Processing: added ‘invalid feature handling’ option
Processing: algorithm to fix invalid geometries using native makeValid() implementation
Processing: add search to Get Scripts and Models dialog
Processing: Generic centroid algorithm
Processing: improved Extract nodes algorithm
Processing: New algorithm for translating (moving) points
Processing: Improved processing modeler window
Processing: New raster unique values report algorithm
Processing: remove TauDEM provider from core Processing
Processing: Download a file from Processing
Application and Project Options: New zipped project file format .qgz
Application and Project Options: Add support for user profiles
Browser: Drag'n'drop layers from layer tree view to browser dock
General: Remove dxf2shp converter plugin
General: Remove zonal stats plugin
General: Remove orphaned oracle raster plugin
General: Possibility to configure location of the QGIS help files
General: remove TauDEM provider from core Processing
General: removed otb and lidartools providers from processing
General: Migrate Photo, WebView and FileName widgets to Attachment
Data Providers: GeoPackage
Data Providers: Support all GDAL writable raster formats for 'Save as' dialog on raster layers
Data Providers: Add auto-discovery of relations for PostgresQL
Data Providers: Detect literal default values for spatialite provider
Data Providers: New unified 'add layer' dialog
Data Providers: Create attribute index support for spatialite provider
Data Providers: Add support for arrays
Data Providers: Support for HStore in PostGIS data provider
Data Providers: Data dependencies between layers
Data Providers: hstore support to the postgres provider
Data Providers: dxf export: support reprojection
Data Providers: Load/save style in database for GPKG and Spatialite
Data Providers: Unique and not-null constraint handling
Data Providers: support for Z/M geometries in memory provider
Data Providers: Support for Z/M geometries in spatialite provider
Data Providers: GeoNode integration
Data Providers: Improved handling of defaults
QGIS Server: QGIS Server overhaul
QGIS Server: Possibility to segmentize feature info geometry in server
Plugins: Remove trusted status from Plugin Manager
Plugins: Offline editing: Add flag to only copy selected features
Plugins: GDALTools moved to Processing
Plugins: allow installing plugins from local ZIP packages
Programmability: Geometry class updates
Programmability: Task manager
Programmability: API to allow drag'n'drop of custom browser items

What's new in Version 2.18 'Las Palmas'?

This release has following new features:

Symbology: Color picker is now embedded in layer style panel
Labeling: Substitution list support for labeling
Labeling: Improved line label placement algorithm
Labeling: Label polygons using curved labels along perimeter
Data Management: Add flag to only copy selected features
Forms and Widgets: Allow controlling labels for individual edit widgets
Forms and Widgets: Conditional visibility for tabs and group boxes
Forms and Widgets: Client side default field values
Map Composer: True North Arrows
Processing: Point on surface algorithm added
Processing: New algorithm for geometry boundary
Processing: New algorithm for calculating feature bounding box
Processing: Processing dissolve algorithm accepts multiple fields
Processing: Optimised processing clip algorithm
Processing: New algorithm for merging connected lines
General: Automatic links in identify results
General: Mouse wheel over color dialog sliders
General: Add custom color schemes to color button drop-down menu
Data Providers: Preview for WMTS + added XYZ tile layers
QGIS Server: Possibility to segmentize feature info geometry in server
Plugins: DB Manager: Add the ability to update SQL Layer
Programmability: New expression functions
Programmability: Expose GEOS linear referencing function to QgsGeometry

What's new in Version 2.16 'Nødebo'?

This release has following new features:

User Interface: Improvements to map zooming
User Interface: Map canvas magnifier
User Interface: Redesigned interactive gradient editor
User Interface: Choice of default view for the attribute dialog
User Interface: Improvements to calendar popups
User Interface: Improved color pickers
User Interface: Copy cell contents from attribute table
User Interface: Improved HiDPI support
User Interface: Improved map select tool behavior
Symbology: Arrow symbol layer
Symbology: New "Filled marker" symbol layer type
Symbology: New accessibility and low vision symbols
Symbology: New simple marker symbols
Symbology: "No symbol" renderer
Symbology: More control over centroid fill point rendering
Symbology: Outline setting for font markers symbol
Symbology: Control outline join style for simple, ellipse, and font markers
Symbology: New map tool for interactively setting point symbol offset
Symbology: Style Dock
Labeling: Labeling map tools now work with rule-based labeling
Diagrams: Legend entries for diagram size
Diagrams: Unit selection for outline width
Diagrams: Diagrams behave like labels and can be managed from toolbar
Rendering: New options for on the fly simplification
Rendering: Quantile based classification for raster layers
Rendering: Live hillshade renderer
Digitizing: "Repeating" locking mode for constraints
Digitizing: Extend linestring geometries with reshape tool
Digitizing: Segmentation tolerance
Data management: New configuration options for attribute table
Data management: Multiple columns in attribute forms
Data management: Control over attributes to export when saving a vector layer
Data management: Forms view: side column now sortable
Data management: Relation reference widget: shortcut for adding new values
Data management: DXF export improvements
Data management: Top level widgets in drag and drop designer
Data management: Form based select and filter
Data management: Create GeoPackage layers
Data management: Constraints on widgets
Data management: Edit attributes of multiple features simultaneously
Layer Legend: New option to zoom to a layer's visible scale range
Map Composer: New tools for drawing polygons and polylines
Map Composer: Embed atlas features into composer HTML source as GeoJSON
Map Composer: Parametrized svg support for composer svg images
Map Composer: Easier use of HTML in labels
Map Composer: Relative links in composer labels
Map Composer: Georeference outputs (e.g., PDF) from composer
Map Composer: Composer maps now auto-update with presets
Analysis tools: Named parameters in expressions
Analysis tools: More distance units
Analysis tools: Changes to expressions
Analysis tools: Statistics for string and date fields
Analysis tools: Show curve point radius in info tool
Analysis tools: Aggregate support for expressions
Analysis tools: fTools plugin has been replaced with Processing algorithms
Processing: Set point locations by clicking on canvas
Processing: Additional GRASS algorithms in processing
Processing: Support for expressions and variables
Processing: Preconfigured algorithms
Processing: Create a plugin with script-based algorithms from the toolbox
Processing: Use of authentication manager in PostGIS related algorithms
Processing: Support for writing tables with no geometry
General: Copying features in GeoJSON format
General: Store spatial bookmarks in project files
General: Support for GNSS GNRMC messages
General: Paste GeoJSON features directly into QGIS
General: Map tip improvements
General: QGIS Paid Bugfixing Programme
General: Desktop MIME icons for QGIS file types
Data Providers: OGR datasets are opened in read-only mode by default
Data Providers: Improved handling of Postgres DOMAIN type fields
Data Providers: Make readOnly mode of vector layers configurable in project
Data Providers: Support for DB2 databases
Data Providers: Refresh Postgres materialized views in db manager
Data Providers: OGR FID attribute shown
Data Providers: Save styles in MS SQL and Oracle databases
Data Providers: Rename fields in layers
Data Providers: ArcGIS Map and Feature REST services
Data Providers: Basic support for Oracle Workspace Manager
Data Providers: Massive improvements to WFS Provider
Data Providers: Generation of default values on Postgres layers "just in time"
QGIS Server: Redlining support in GetMap and GetPrint
QGIS Server: Default datum transformation for server
Plugins: Refreshed globe plugin
Plugins: Globe: Extrude objects
Plugins: API: Add pages to vector layer properties
Plugins: Globe: Vector support
Plugins: Globe: Vertical exaggeration for DTM
Programmability: Embedded widgets in layer tree
Programmability: Plugins can add pages to vector layer properties

What's new in Version 2.14 'Essen'?

This release has following new features:

Analysis tools : More statistics available in merge attributes tool
Analysis tools : z/m values are shown when using the identify tool
Browser : Browser Improvements
Data Providers : Use ST_RemoveRepeatedPoints for simplification on PostGIS 2.2 or newer
Data Providers : Cache WMS capabililies
Data Providers : Better handling of time and datetime fields
Data Providers : Z/M support in delimited text provider
Data Providers : Curved geometry support expanded
Data Providers : Transaction groups for postgres editing
Data Providers : Postgres provider PKI authentication.
Data Providers : Virtual layers
Data Providers : More file extensions for GDAL and OGR providers file selectors
Data management : dxf export: option to use title instead of name as dxf layer name in application and server
Data management : Removal of SPIT plugin
Data management : Geometry type can be overridden in the vector save as dialog
Data management : Vector joins are now saved within QLR layer-definition-files
Data management : N:M relation editing
Data management : External Resource widget
Digitizing : Configurable rubber band color
Digitizing : Autotrace
Digitizing : Trace digitizing tool
General : Changed behavior of strpos function
General : Field calculator can be used to update feature's geometry
General : Virtual layers
General : Zoom to feature with right-click in attribute table
General : Speed improvements
General : More expression variables
General : New expression functions in 2.14
General : Better control over placement of map elements
General : Paid bugfixing programme
Labeling : Actual rendered symbol is now considered as an obstacle for point feature labels
Labeling : "Cartographic" placement mode for point labels
Labeling : Applying label distance from symbol bounds
Labeling : Control over label rendering order
Layer Legend : applying the same style to selected layers or to legend group
Layer Legend : New options for filtering legend elements
Layer Legend : Filter legend by expression
Map Composer : Additional paths for composer templates
Map Composer : Multiple selection of compositions in manager
Plugins : Authentication system support for plugin manager
Processing : New algorithms in 2.14
Processing : Unit Tests Q/A
Processing : Improved toolbox.
Processing : More informative algorithm dialog.
Processing : Batch processes can be saved and later recovered from the batch processing interface
Processing : GRASS7 v.net modules
Programmability : Redesign expression function editor
Programmability : Store python init code into the project
Programmability : New filtering and sorting options for QgsFeatureRequest
Programmability : Custom feature form Python code options
Programmability : New PyQGIS classes in 2.14
QGIS Server : STARTINDEX param in WFS GetFeature Request
QGIS Server : showFeatureCount in GetLegendGraphic
QGIS Server : Enhance store project keyword list
QGIS Server : Option to avoid rendering artifacts at edges of tiles
QGIS Server : WMS INSPIRE Capabilities
QGIS Server : Configuration checker in project properties
QGIS Server : Add short name to layers, groups and project
Symbology : Size assistant for varying line width
Symbology : Support for transparency in SVG color parameters
Symbology : Easy duplication of symbol layers
Symbology : 2.5D Renderer
Symbology : Geometry generator symbols
Symbology : Allow definition of rendering order for features
User Interface : Attribute table can be refreshed
User Interface : Edit legend symbols directly from layer tree
User Interface : Directly set renderer and class symbol colors from context menu in legend
User Interface : Improved and more powerful file picker widget for forms
User Interface : Show/hide all legend items via the the context menu

What's new in Version 2.12 'Lyon'?

This release has following new features:

Analysis tools : Added number of vertices to derived fields in identify tool
Analysis tools : Raster alignment tool
Analysis tools : Geometry Checker and Geometry Snapper plugins
Application and Project Options : Encrypted password management
Browser : Improvements to PostGIS connections in browser
Data Providers : PostGIS provider improvements
Data management : DBManager Improvements
Data management : Conditional formatting for attribute table cells
Data management : Support for relative paths in widgets
Digitizing : Digitizing improvements
General : New welcome screen
General : Ongoing improvements to code quality
General : Advanced settings editor
General : Mutually exclusive layer tree groups
General : Filtering for field values in expression widget
General : User Interface Theme support
General : New expression functions in 2.12
General : Variables in expressions
Labeling : Data defined quadrant when in "around point" mode
Labeling : Draw only labels which fit inside polygons
Labeling : Control priority of labeling obstacles
Labeling : New options to control how polygon layers act as obstacles
Labeling : Data defined control over label priority
Labeling : Option for obstacle-only layers
Labeling : Rule-based labeling
Map Composer : Atlas navigation improvements
Map Composer : Custom format for grid annotations
Map Composer : Multiline text handling and automatic text wrapping in composer attribute tables
Map Composer : Advanced customization of cell background color
Map Composer : Add fit page to contents option and options for cropping exports to contents
Map Composer : Force vector layers to render as a raster images
Map Composer : Data defined control over map layers and style presets
Map Composer : Option to hide pages from view/export
Plugins : Update of the GRASS plugin
Programmability : Open scripts in external editor
Programmability : Maptools moved from app->gui
Programmability : Editing layers via with edit(layer):
Programmability : New API for labeling engine (QgsLabelingEngineV2)
Programmability : New classes for PyQGIS programs
QGIS Server : QGIS Server Python API
QGIS Server : getMap in dxf format
Symbology : Export thumbnails from style manager
Symbology : New option for limiting size in mm when using map unit sizes
Symbology : Improvements to displacement renderer
Symbology : All color ramps can now be edited
Symbology : Improved handling of SVG marker outlines
Symbology : Add pixels as option for all symbology size unit choices

What's new in Version 2.10 'Pisa'?

This is a minor release increment with the following new features:

New statistical summary dock widget.
Use logarithmic functions in the raster calculator.
New zonal statistics features.
New browser properties widget.
New browser icon.
PostGIS: support for Pointcloud layers.
PostGIS: provider side expression filters.
GRASS plugin/provider improvements.
DXF Export Improvements.
Virtual fields are now updatable.
Line edit with auto-completer for ValueRelation edit widget.
Improvements to DB Manager.
Filter chaining for relation reference widget.
Diagram improvements.
Improved geometry rotation tool.
New geometry engine.
Improved handling of potential project file overwrites.
Join parameters can now be edited.
Layers with joins can now be filtered.
Tweaks to label properties dialog.
Support for non-latin scripts for curved labels.
"Follow point" alignment for multiline labels.
Support overridden layer styles also in the composer legend.
Add scalebar sizing mode to fit a desired scalebar width.
Plugins can now create their own entries in the browser.
More uniform and predictable names for processing outputs.
Allow changing vector layer data source.
Implicit sharing of classes.
New QgsStatisticalSummary class for calculating statistics from a list of numbers.
Qt minimum increased to 4.8.
GetFeature without geometry.
Support for tolerance parameter in WMS GetFeatureInfo requests.
Data defined properties for font marker.
Size scale and rotation have been removed from the advanced menu.
Match categories to existing styles.
New option for preventing the automatic clipping of features to the map extent.
Size, rotation and stroke-width expressions at the symbollist level.
Live layer effects for layers and symbol layers.
Visualise and modify the graduated renderer using a histogram.
Vary symbol sizes using the graduated renderer.
User interface improvements.

What's new in Version 2.8 'Wien'?

This is a minor release increment with the following feature:

QGIS 2.8 is the basis for a long term release (which will be maintained for a year).
1000 issues which were flagged by static analysis tools have been fixed.
New code commits and pull requests are now automatically tested against our testing framework.
More responsive QGIS Browser thanks to multithreading support.
Support for contextual WMS legend graphics.
Custom prefixes for joins.
Creation of memory layers is now a core feature.
New field calculator bar in attribute table.
DXF export improvements.
Advanced digitizing tools.
Improved snapping options and behavior.
Better simplify tool - including support for on the fly reprojection being enabled.
Qt5 support (optional - default packages are still currently built against Qt4).
Spatial bookmark import/export.
Composer user interface improvements.
Grid overlay improvements for composer maps.
Raster image fill type.
Live heatmap renderer.
You can now use multiple styles per layer.
Rotation of map canvas is now supported.
Improved user interface for data defined symbology.
New algorithms in processing.
Expressions are now extendable with custom python functions.
Comments are now supported in expressions.
QGIS server improvements: better caching, layer style support, value relations, DescribeLayer, python plugins.

What's new in Version 2.6.0 'Brighton'?

This is a minor release increment with the following new features:

Improved DXF export
Project filename in project properties
Allow removing last point while measuring via del/backspace keys
Select related feature on the canvas from the relation reference widget
Editor widgets support null and other improvements
Optionally use just a subset of fields from the joined layer
Expression field (virtual fields)
Can toggle display of classes within graduated and categorised renderers
Additional expressions types and options
Added icon support to actions
Classes within graduated and categorised renderers can be toggled
Legend improvements such as filtering, layer management icons etc.
Control over hiding print composer items from prints/exports
Control over page printing for empty composer frames
New Composer Item tree panel
More control over appearance of composer arrow/line items
Data defined control of composer items
Composer images can be specified as remote URLS
Composer Table improvements (header fonts / colors, better pagination support, filter to atlas feature etc.)
Composer improvements
Improved item snapping
Multiple overviews for a map item
HTML item improvements
Composer map grid improvements
Processing now has an online collection of models and scripts
Processing graphical modeler completely rewritten
API changes for QGIS widgets
Enhancements of searching with GetFeatureInfo request
Add a precision setting for GetFeatureInfo geometry attributes
Better random color choice
Symbology UI Improvements
Syntax highlighting code and expression editor
User defined color palettes
New color picker dialog
Single select feature tool merged into select by rectangle
Add layer to map canvas behavior
Support icon sizes of 48 and 64 pixels
New color buttons
Context menu for identify tool

What's new in Version 2.4.0 'Chugiak'?

This is the minor release sports a number of great new features:

Multi-threaded rendering
Color preview modes in composer and map canvas
New expression functions (bounding box related functions, wordwrap)
Copy, paste and drag and drop colors
Label features multiple times
Improvements to composer picture items
Predefined scales mode for atlas maps
Improved attribute tables in composer
General composer improvements - join and capping styles, button to zoom to main map
Improvements to HTML frames in composer
Shapeburst fill style
Option to shift marker line placement
New Inverted Polygon renderer

What's new in Version 2.2.0 'Valmiera'?

This is the minor release sports a number of great new features:

You can now define 1:n relations for layers.
It is now possible to export your project to DXF format.
When pasting a selection, it is now possible to create a new layer on the fly from the pasted features.
WMS Legend is now available via a getLegendGraphic request.
It is now possible to digitize a new feature as an interior ring of an existing feature.
Recent expressions are saved in the expression builder for quick re-use.
You can now set the color for the zebra map border style in composer.
You can now rotate any element in the print composer.
Composer window now has scale in the status bar and improved rulers.
Composer output as image can be created with a world file now so that your maps are georeferenced.
Numerous enhancements to the atlas let you preview and print each map sheet.
It is easier to select overlapped items in the map composer.
Support for styling pages and shapes has been improved in the map composer.
QGIS Server can now deliver Web Coverage Service (WCS) maps.
Gradients can now be used for polygon fills.
Classes in paletted rasters can now be labelled.
Color ramps can now be inverted.
Rules in the rule based renderer can now be copied and pasted.
Support for on-the-fly feature generalisation has been added.
For marker layers you can now define the anchor points / origin of the marker.
For vector symbology you can now use expressions instead of only a field for the classification.
Size and attributes of diagram renderer can now be set using expressions.
Polygon outlines can be drawn with an inner stroke (to prevent the stroke being drawn in a neighbouring polygon)
The visual style of all our properties dialogs has been improved.
The keybindings for the user interface have been updated to make it easier to navigate.
QGS now supports multiple datum transformations.
'Processing' now has a script editor.
'Processing' can be used headless in scripts.

What's new in Version 2.0.1 'Dufour'?

This is a small bugfix release to address the missing copyright / credits for our new splash screen and to update supporting documentation. The spanish translation was also updated.

What's new in Version 2.0.0 'Dufour'?

This is a new major release. Building on the foundation of QGIS 1.x.x releases, QGIS Dufour introduces many new features, improvements and bug fixes. Here is a summary of some of the key new features.

We have updated out icon theme to use the 'GIS' theme which introduces an improved level of consistency and professionalism to the QGIS user interface.
The new symbol layer overview uses a clear, tree-structured layout which allows for easy and fast access to all symbol layers.
QGIS 2.0 now includes Oracle Spatial support.
With the new data defined properties, it is possible to control symbol type, size, color, rotation, and many other properties through feature attributes.
You can now place html elements onto your map.
Having nicely aligned map items is critical to making nice printed maps. Auto snapping lines have been added to allow for easy composer object alignment by simply dragging an object close to another.
Sometimes you need to align objects a curtain distance on the composer. With the new manual snapping lines you are able to add manual snap lines which allow for better align objects using a common alignment. Simply drag from the top or side ruler to add new guide line.
Ever needed to generate a map series? Of course you have. The composer now includes built in map series generation using the atlas feature. Coverage layers can be points, lines, polygons, and the current feature attribute data is available in labels for on the fly value replacement.
A single composer window can now contain more then one page.
The composer label item in 1.8 was quite limited and only allowed a single token $CURRENT_DATE to be used. In 2.0 full expression support has been added too greater power and control of the final labels.
The map frame now contains the ability to show the extents of another map and will update when moved. Using this with the atlas generation feature now core in the composer allows for some slick map generation. Overview frame style uses the same styling as a normal map polygon object so your creativity is never restricted.
Layer blending makes it possible to combine layers in new and exciting ways. While in older versions, all you could do was to make the layer transparent, you can now choose between much more advanced options such as "multiply", "darken only", and many more. Blending can be used in the normal map view as well as in print composer.
HTML support has been added map composer label item to give you even more control over your final maps. HTML labels support full css styles sheets, html, and even JavaScript if you are that way inclined.
The labeling system has been totally overhauled - it now includes many new features such as drop shadows, 'highway shields', many more data bound options, and various performance enhancements. We are slowly doing away with the 'old labels' system, although you will still find that functionality available for this release, you should expect that it will disappear in a follow up release.
The full power of normal label and rule expressions can now be used for label properties. Nearly every property can be defined with an expression or field value giving you more control over the label result. Expressions can refer to a field (e.g. set the font size to the value of the field 'font') or can include more complex logic. Examples of bindable properties include: Font, Size, Style and Buffer size.
With the expression engine being used more and more though out QGIS to allow for things like expression based labels and symbol, many more functions have been added to the expression builder and are all accessible though the expression builder. All functions include comprehensive help and usage guides for ease of use.
If the expression engine doesn't have the function that you need. Not to worry. New functions can be added via a plugin using a simple Python API.
The Python API has been revamped to allow for a more cleaner, more pythonic, programming experience. The QGIS 2.0 API uses SIP V2 which removes the messy toString(), toInt() logic that was needed when working with values. Types are now converted into native Python types making for a much nicer API. Attributes access is now done on the feature itself using a simple key lookup, no more index lookup and attribute maps. **Note:*- Most plugins written for QGIS < 1.x will need to be ported to work correctly in QGIS 2.x. Please consult https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/Python_plugin_API_changes_from_18_to_20 for more details.
The raster data provider system has been completely overhauled. One of the best new features stemming from this work is the ability to 'Layer -> Save As...' to save any raster layer as a new layer. In the process you can clip, resample, and reproject the layer to a new Coordinate Reference System. You can also save a raster layer as a rendered image so if you for example have single band raster that you have applied a color palette to, you can save the rendered layer out to a georeferenced RGB layer.
There are many, many more new features in QGIS 2.0 - we invite you to explore the software and discover them all!

What's new in Version 1.8.0 'Lisboa'?

This is a new feature release. Building on the foundation of QGIS 1.7.x releases, Lisboa introduces many new features, improvements and bug fixes. Here is a summary of some of the key new features.

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 labeling
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 digitizing 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 colored relief maps.
Ellipse renderer - symbollayer to render ellipse shapes (and also rectangles, triangles, crosses by specifying width and height). Moreover, the symbol layer allows setting 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 geometries, 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

What's new in Version 1.7.2 'Wroclaw'?

This is a bugfix release over version 1.7.1. The following changes were made.

Fix Gdaltools error checking for ogr layers
More Translations in OSM plugin
Fix for ticket #4283 (composer forgets on/off status of layers)
Fix to v.generalize for recent GRASS versions
Fix typos in GRASS command list
Restore override cursor when about box is shown
Fix #4319 (Enhance maximum for point displacement tolerance)
Added Python wrappers for QgsZonalStatistics
Fix #4331 (Classification dialog issues)
Fix #4282 (Wrong map zooming when using the "Attribute Table" zoom tool)
Match proj4string in database
Fix #4241 (Ensure that we have a valid line in line decoration)
Fix label id for GetPrint in composer
Fix #3041 (Make the gdaltools command editable)
Fix shift in point displacement renderer
Fix for a crash in projection selection
Fix #4308 (Interpolation and Terrain core plugins)
Insert date value in attribute editor
Fix #4387 (Enable "add direction symbol" only for line layers)
Fix #2491 (Handle raster layer's transparency band while rendering)
Allow setting I/O encoding for OGR layers in vector layer properties.
Fix #4414 (SVG indicators for arrows are not shown)
Label direction symbol shouldn't depend on "map" vs. "line" orientation.
Set prompt as default behavior for unknown CRS
For EPSG initialize GDAL CRS from authid instead of proj.4 string
Fix #4439 (Crash when changing style in Layer Properties)
Fix #4444 (Error when loading Python plugins)
Fix #4440 (invalid reference to Trac)
Fix stopRender call in graduated symbol renderer
Fix #4479 - trigger "new color ramp" always when activated
Hide query entry in legend context menu for layers with joins
Fix #4496 (Refresh map list in composer table widget in showEvent)
OS X build/install updates
GRASS version support
Initializing from WKT favourize EPSG instead of PROJ.4
Add What's this to Help menu (implement #4179)
fTools: update layers lists after adding new layer to TOC (fix #4318)
Don't block QGIS main window when running Merge shapefiles tool. Partially addresses #4383
Fix broken Assign projection functionality in GDALTools and improve handling output file extension

What's new in Version 1.7.1 'Wroclaw'?

This is a bugfix release over version 1.7.0. The following changes were made.

Raster performance improvements backported to 1.7.1 [see http://linfiniti.com/2011/08/improvements-to-raster-performance-in-qgis-master/]
Update version on cmakelists and splash to 1.7.1
Move setting projection to after we have features
symbology: sort the category items when classifying them #4206
Fix feature_count consideration in wms feature info
Check topological editing yes/no when opening snapping dialog
Updated required version for bison and cmake
Small efficiency improvement for rendering
make sure gdaltools input vector layers are ogr vectors
Fix #4266 - georeferencer and spatial query crashing on exit
translation update: nl by Richard for 1.7.x branch
translation update: cz by Jan for 1.7.x release
Don't check for plugin errors at startup
Fix QTreeWidget.resizeColumnToContents() issue observed in PyQt4.8.3 @ Debian
translation update: hu update for 1.7.x by Zoltan
german translation update
UPDATE TRANSLATIONS: for new bugfix Release in 1.7.x
Show only provider fields as join target candidates (ticket #4136)
Shortcuts dialog now remembers window state between uses
Center small marker symbols in composer legend
Backport of 6e889aa40e
BUGFIX Backport of #4113 and #2805
[BACKPORT] increase maximum points count in Random Points tool
[BACKPORT] set default contrast enchacement algorithm to NoStretch because this is more appropriate value
[BACKPORT]fix RandomPoints crash when there are NULL values in
Patch from Michal Klatecki - see ticket #3325
Fix #3866 for measure angle tool
Backported ui fix for wms select
Better block for signals when creating composer legend widget
Fix for considering layer title length in composer legend
apply #3793: libfcgi cannot change mapserv's environment variables on windows
german translation update
fix 55a1778 with patched qt on osgeo4w
add support for mixed case geometry types of PostGIS 2.0
Reduce top and side margins for attribute table dialog
Remove the (hopefully) last SVN reference
More svn version removal
Added missing color accessor/mutator/member from composerlegenditem header
Get rid of svn version stuff from release branch.
Other workaround for Qt#5114 (fixes #3250, #3028, #2598)
Try to make the histogram smoother
More legend cleanup
Better layout for composer legend
Better consideration of large point symbols in composer legend
Fix for composer legend issues, e.g. ticket #3346
Merge branch 'release-1_7_0' of github.com:qgis/Quantum-GIS into release-1_7_0
Fix labeling-ng with utf-8 layers (ticket #3854)
Tweak for layer cache
[backport] Fix bug where histogram can be assigned negative frequency for a pixel range. Also fix potential memory leak as new histogram vector was assigned to band stats without clearing the old.
Added section on using QtCreator
Fix bugs causing a crash when histogram is gathered due to uninitialized histogram vector
Added missing QUrl include
A neater fix for missing map parameter as suggested by Juergen
Fixed a bug where map= was not being published in onlineresource url when project files are not in the same dir as cgi

What's new in Version 1.7.0 'Wroclaw'?

This release is named after the town of Wroclaw in Poland. The Department of Climatology and Atmosphere Protection, University of Wroclaw kindly hosted our developer meeting in November 2010. Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As such it contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over QGIS 1.0.x and QGIS 1.6.0. As with any software, there may be bugs and issues that we were not able to fix in time for the release. We therefore recommend that you test this version before rolling it out en-masse to your users.

This release includes over 277 bug fixes and many new features and enhancements. Once again it is impossible to document everything here that has changed so we will just provide a bullet list of key new features here.

Symbology labels and diagrams

New symbology now used by default!
Diagram system that uses the same smart placement system as labeling-ng
Export and import of styles (symbology).
Labels for rules in rule-based renderers.
Ability to set label distance in map units.
Rotation for svg fills.
Font marker can have an X,Y offset.
Allow the line symbol layers to be used for outline of polygon (fill) symbols.
Option to put marker on the central point of a line.
Option to put marker only on first/last vertex of a line.
Added "centroid fill" symbol layer which draws a marker on polygon's centroid.
Allow the marker line symbol layer to draw markers on each vertex.
Move/rotate/change label edit tools to interactively change data defined label properties.

New Tools

Added GUI for gdaldem.
Added 'Lines to polygons' tool to vector menu.
Added field calculator with functions like $x, $y and $perimeter.
Added voronoi polygon tool to Vector menu.

User interface updates

Allow managing missing layers in a list.
Zoom to group of layers.
'Tip of the day' on startup. You can en/disable tips in the options panel.
Better organisation of menus, separate database menu added.
Add ability to show number of features in legend classes. Accessible via right-click legend menu.
General clean-ups and usability improvements.

CRS Handling

Show active crs in status bar.
Assign layer CRS to project (in the legend context menu).
Select default CRS for new projects.
Allow setting CRS for multiple layers at once.
Default to last selection when prompting for CRS.

Rasters

Added AND and OR operator for raster calculator
On-the-fly reprojection of rasters added!
Proper implementation of raster providers.
Added raster toolbar with histogram stretch functions.

Providers and Data Handling

New SQLAnywhere vector provider.
Table join support.
Feature form updates:
Make NULL value string representation configurable.
Fix feature updates in feature form from attribute table.
Add support for NULL values in value maps (comboboxes).
Use layer names instead of ids in drop-down list when loading value maps from layers.
Support feature form expression fields: line edits on the form which name prefix "expr_" are evaluated. Their value is interpreted as field calculator string and replaced with the calculated value.
Support searching for NULL in attribute table.
Attribute editing improvements:
Improved interactive attribute editing in table (adding/deleting features, attribute update).
Allow adding of geometryless features.
Fixed attribute undo/redo.
Improved attribute handling:
Optionally re-use entered attribute values for next digitized feature.
Allow merging/assigning attribute values to a set of features.-
Allow OGR 'save as' without attributes (e.g., DGN/DXF).

Api and Developer Centric

Refactored attribute dialog calls to QgsFeatureAttribute.
Added QgsVectorLayer::featureAdded signal.
Layer menu function added.
Added option to load c++ plugins from user specified directories. Requires application restart to activate.
Completely new geometry checking tool for fTools. Significantly faster, more relevant error messages, and now supports zooming to errors. See the new QgsGeometry.validateGeometry function

QGIS Mapserver

Ability to specify wms service capabilities in the properties section of the project file (instead of wms_metadata.xml file).
Support for wms printing with GetPrint-Request.

Plugins

Support for icons of plugins in the plugin manager dialog.
Removed quickprint plugin - use easyprint plugin rather from plugin repo.
Removed ogr converter plugin - use 'save as' context menu rather.

Printing

Undo/Redo support for the print composer

What's new in Version 1.6.0 'Capiapo'?

Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As such it contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over QGIS 1.0.x and QGIS 1.5.0. We recommend that you use this version over previous releases.

This release includes over 177 bug fixes and many new features and enhancements. Once again it is impossible to document everything here that has changed so we will just provide a bullet list of key new features here.

General Improvements

Added gpsd support to live gps tracking.
A new plugin has been included that allows for offline editing.
Field calculator will now insert NULL feature value in case of calculation error instead of stopping and reverting calculation for all features.
Allow user specific PROJ.4 search paths and update srs.db to include grid reference.
Added a native (C++) raster calculator implementation which can deal with large rasters efficiently.
Improved interaction with extents widget in statusbar so that the text contents of the widget can be copied and pasted.
Many improvements and new operators to the vector attribute table field calculator including field concatenation, row counter etc.
Added --configpath option that overrides the default path (~/.qgis) for user configuration and forces QSettings to use this directory, too. This allows users to e.g. carry QGIS installation on a flash drive together with all plugins and settings.
Experimental WFS-T support. Additionally ported wfs to network manager.
Georeferencer has had many tidy ups and improvements.
Support for long int in attribute dialog and editor.
The QGIS Mapserver project has been incorporated into the main SVN repository and packages are being made available. QGIS Mapserver allows you to serve your QGIS project files via the OGC WMS protocol. Read More...
Select and measure toolbar flyouts and submenus.
Support has been added for non-spatial tables (currently OGR, delimited text and PostgreSQL providers). These tables can be used for field lookups or just generally browsed and edited using the table view.
Added search string support for feature ids ($id) and various other search related improvements.
Added reload method to map layers and provider interface. Like this, caching providers (currently WMS and WFS) can synchronize with changes in the datasource.

Table of contents (TOC) improvements

Added a new option to the raster legend menu that will stretch the current layer using the min and max pixel values of the current extent.
When writing shape files using the table of contents context menu's 'Save as' option, you can now specify OGR creation options.
In the table of contents, it is now possible to select and remove several layers at once.

Labeling (New generation only)

Data defined label position in labeling-ng.
Line wrapping, data defined font and buffer settings for labeling-ng.

Layer properties and symbology

Three new classification modes added to graduated symbol renderer (version 2), including Natural Breaks (Jenks), Standard Deviations, and Pretty Breaks (based on pretty from the R statistical environment). [Read more... http://linfiniti.com/2010/09/new-class-breaks-for-graduated-symbols-in-qgis/]
Improved loading speed of the symbol properties dialog.
Data-defined rotation and size for categorized and graduated renderer (symbology).
Use size scale also for line symbols to modify line width.
Replaced raster histogram implementation with one based on Qwt. Added option to save histogram as image file. Show actual pixel values on x axis of raster histogram.
Added ability to interactively select pixels from the canvas to populate the transparency table in the raster layer properties dialog.
Allow creation of color ramps in vector color ramp combo box.
Added "style manager..." button to symbol selector so that users will find the style manager more easily.

Map Composer

add capability to show and manipulate composer item width/ height in item position dialog.
Composer items can now be deleted with the backspace key.
Sorting for composer attribute table (several columns and ascending / descending).

What's new in Version 1.5.0?

Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As such it contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over QGIS 1.0.x and QGIS 1.4.0. If an unchanging user interface, programmatic API and long term support is more important to you then cool new and untested features, we recommend that you use a copy of QGIS from our Long Term Support (LTS)1.0.x release series. In all other cases we recommend that you use this version.

This release includes over 350 bug fixes, over 40 new features. Once again it is impossible to document everything here that has changed so we will just provide a bullet list of key new features here.

Main GUI

There is a new angle measuring tool that allows you to interactively measure angles against the map backdrop.
Live GPS Tracking tool
User configurable WMS search server
Allow editing of invalid geometry in node tool
Choice between mm and map units for new symbology. Scaling to use new symbology in print composer as well
SVG fill symbol layer for polygon textures
Font marker symbol layer
Added --noplugins command line options to avoid restoring the plugins. Useful when a plugin misbehaves and causes QGIS to crash during startup
Allow hiding of deprecated CRSes
Add point displacement renderer plugin - allows points to be shifted to avoid colliding with other points
Allow saving vector layers as ogr vector files
Raster provider: reduce debugging noise
Allow adding parts to multi points and lines
Text and form annotation tools are now in gui and app
Added possibility to place a set of default composer templates in pkgDataPath/composer_templates
Gradient color ramps now support multiple stops - for adding intermediate colors
Center map if user clicks into the map
New plugin for carrying out spatial selections
Data-defined size and rotation for single symbol renderer in symbology
IdentifyAsHtml to raster layer and use it in identify
Export legend groups and layers with legendinterface and use this information to display groups in the composer legend.
Show selected feature count in status bar
Query option added to layer menu to subset vector layers
Option to label only selected features (on the 'old' labeling tool)
Load/save queries created in the query builder.
Manual adding of categories in symbology.
Georeferencer: possibility to configure if residuals should be showed in pixels or map units
Delimited text provider: allow empty values in numeric columns
Added rule-based renderer for symbology
Ability to create spatial lite databases from within QGIS
Inclusion of GDAL Raster tools plugin into QGIS core
New python console (with history)
Add validation to capture tool
Allow postgres layers without saved username & password by asking for credentials
Support NULL values in search strings
Optionally add new layers to the selected group
Map composer can add attribute Tables in layouts. It is possible to show only visible features in composer table or all features
Identify tool attribute form now non-modal in view mode (since r12796)
Identified features' highlight disappear when window is deactivate or closed and reappears when reactivated.

WMS and WMS-C Support

WMS-C support, new spatial authorities, wms selection improvements
Resolved EPSG dependency in spatial reference systems and included french IGNF definitions in srs.db
WWM provider makes requests asynchronously through QNetworkAccessManager now
WMS selection allows inserting of all layers of a branch
WMS has support for more mime types
Added load/save to WMS dialog
WMS-C scale slider gui added and more selection improvements

API Updates

QgsDataProvider & QgsMapLayer: add dataChanged() signal, so that a provider can signal that the datasource changed
Use QNetworkAccessManager instead of QgsHttpTransaction (including caching and dynamic authentication to website and proxies)
Allow opening layer properties from plugins
Support for custom plugin layers.
Allow refreshing of plugins programmatically
Support for custom plugin directories using QGIS_PLUGINPATH environment variables. More paths can be passed, separated by semicolon.
Legend interface added to retrieve layers in legend order
Support more GEOS operators

What's new in Version 1.4.0 'Enceladus'?

Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As such it contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over QGIS 1.0.x and QGIS 1.3.0. If an unchanging user interface, programmatic API and long term support is more important to you then cool new and untested features, we recommend that you use a copy of QGIS from our Long Term Support (LTS)1.0.x release series. In all other cases we recommend that you use this version.

This release includes around 200 bug fixes, nearly 30 new features and has had a lot of love and attention poured into it to take our favorite desktop GIS application another step on the road to GIS nirvana! So much has happened in the 3 months since our last release that it is impossible to document everything here. Instead we will just highlight a couple of important new features for you.

Probably the biggest new feature is the addition of the new vector symbology infrastructure. This is provided alongside the old implementation - you can switch using a button in the vector layer properties dialog. It doesn't replace the old symbology implementation completely yet because there are various isues that need to be resolved and a large amount of testinhen it is considered ready.

QGIS now has a field calculator, accessible via a button in the attribute section of the vector properties, and from the attribute table user interface. You can use feature length, feature area, string concatenation and type conversions in the field calculator, as well as field values.

The map composer has had a lot of attention. A grid can now be added to composer maps. Composer maps can now be rotated in the layout. The limitation of a single map layout per project has been removed. A new composer manager dialog has been added to manage the existing composer instances. The composer widget property sheets have been completely overhauled to use less screen space

Various parts of the user interface have been overhauled with the goal of improving consistency and to improve support for netbooks and other smaller screen devices. Loading and saving of shortcuts. Position can now be displayed as Degrees, Minutes, Seconds in the status bar. The add, move and delete vertex buttons are now removed and the node tool is moved from the advanced editing toolbar to the standard editing toolbar. The identification tool has also undergone numerous improvements.

A render caching capability has been added to QGIS. This speeds up common operations such as layer re-ordering, changing symbology, WMS / WFS client, hiding / showing layers and opens the door for future enhancements such as threaded rendering and pre-compositing layer cache manipulation. Note that it is disabled by default, and can be enabled in the options dialog.

User defined SVG search paths are now added to the options dialog.

When creating a new shapefile, you can now specify its CRS. Also the avoid intersections option for polygons is now also possible with background layers.

For power users, you can now create customizable attribute forms using Qt Designer dialog UIs.

What's new in Version 1.3.0 'Mimas'?

This release includes over 30 bug fixes and several useful new features:

OSM plugin & provider updates

new OSM style files.
new icons.
dialog text updated and completed.
"Saving OSM into file" functionality was improvements.
fixed some problems with encoding... ascii to utf-8.
all OSM layers are automatically removed after disabling OSM plugin in plugin manager.
other OSM related bugfixes.

Other notable features and improvements in this release

Marker size is now configurable when editing a layer.
Incorporation of the analysis library into the mainstream release.
Identify features across multiple layers.
Added a new plugin for carrying out raster terrain analysis (computing slope aspect, steepness etc).
A reshape tool to apply to line/polygon geometries. The part of a geometry between the first and last intersection of the reshape line will be replaced.
Added snapping to current layer in measure dialog.
Added ability to select the primary key for views.
Zoom to a coordinate by entering it in the status bar coordinate display.

Version 1.2.0 'Daphnis'

Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As such it contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over QGIS 1.0.x. If stability and long term support is more important to you then cool new and untested features, we recommend that you use a copy of QGIS from our stable 1.0.x release series. This release includes over 140 bug fixes and enhancements over the QGIS 1.1.0 release. In addition we have added the following new features:

Editing

Editing functionality in QGIS has had a major update in this release. This includes the addition of new vector editing tools:

delete part of multipart feature
delete hole from polygon
simplify feature
Added a new "node" tool (in advanced digitizing toolbar).
New functionality for merging features
Added undo/redo functionality for vector layer editing.
Added option to show only markers of selected features in editing mode.
Change layer's icon in legend to reflext that the layer is editable.

In addition, there are undo/redo actions in Edit menu, in Advanced digitizing toolbar and there is a new dock widget displaying undo stack of active layer.

About the node tool: It resembles a tool for editing paths by nodes that is present in every vector editor. How does it work (in QGIS)? Click on a feature, its nodes will be marked by small rectangles. Clicking and dragging a node moves it. Double clicking a segment will add a new node. Pressing delete key will remove active node. It's possible to select more active nodes at once: by clicking and dragging a rectangle. It's possible to select a segment's adjacent nodes by clicking on the segment. It's possible to add/remove active nodes by using Ctrl when clicking a node or dragging a rectangle

We recommend that you turn off vertex markers in QGIS options when working with this tool: the redraws are much faster and the map is not cluttered with markers.

Keyboard shortcuts

New feature: configure shortcuts for actions within main window of qgis! See menu Setting->Configure shortcuts

Map Composer

It is now possible to lock/unlock composer item positions by right mouse click. The width and height of the composer map will now remain fixed if user sets the composer map extent to the map canvas extent. possibility to display current date in composer label by typing (d 'June' yyyy) or similar. It is now possible to keep the current layers in a composer map even if further layers are added to the main map. Export to PDF in composer is now possible.

Attribute tables

It is now possible to search the attribute table within selected records only. General speedups have been made on the attribute table. Setting of field width and precision when adding attributes is now possible. Handling of attribute types in WFS provider has bee improved.

Attribute aliases for vector layers are now available. The aliases are shown instead of the original field names in the info tool and attribute table to make things easier for end users. There is now a GUI for setting edit widgets for layer attributes. A new dialog allows loading a value map from a layer (could be non-spatial table too!). The edit widgets settings will also now be respected in the attribute table.

Plugins

The order of layers in the WMS dialog can now be changed.
The eVis plugin, version 1.1.0, has been added to the QGIS project and included as a standard plugin. More information about eVis can be found here: http://biodiversityinformatics.amnh.org/open_source/evis/documentation.php .
The interpolation plugin now has the ability to use line layers as constrains for triangulation in interpolation plugin. You can also now save the triangulation to shape file.
An new OpenStreetMap provider and plugin have been added to QGIS.

Projects Management

QGIS now includes support for project relative position of file data sources and svgs. The saving of relative paths of file data sources is optional.

PostGIS & the PostgreSQL Provider

You can now select the SSL mode when adding a new DB connection. Turning off SSL encryption can greatly improve performance of PostGIS data loading where connection security is not required. Support has been added for more native types and for setting of column comments.

Symbology enhancements

allow refresh of symbols via popup menu on the renderer's symbol selection
add support for data defined symbols
add support for font symbol markers (only data defined - no gui yet)
add symbol size in map units (ie. symbols that keep the size in mapunits independent of the mapscale)

Command line arguments

Added command line argument support on windows. Enhancement of command line arguments:

allow given snapshot sizes
allow suppression of splash screen
capture map decorations from plugins on snapshots

Grass

There is a new GRASS shell. Also there have been many cleanups and consistency updates.

Version 1.1.0 'Pan'

Please note that this is a release in our 'unstable' release series. As such it contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over QGIS 1.0.x. If stability and long term support is more important to you then cool new and untested features, we recommend that you use a copy of QGIS from our stable 1.0.x release series.

This release includes many bug fixes and enhancements over the QGIS 1.0.0 release. In addition we have added the following new features:

Updates to translations.
Improvements and polishing of the Python plugin installer. Switch to the new official QGIS repository.
Improvements to themes so that plugins and other parts of the GUI are better supported when switching themes. Addition of the new GIS icon theme.
Improvements to Debian packaging to better support Debian standard requirements.
Support usb: as a GPS device under Linux.
WMS plugin now supports sorting and shows nested layers as a tree. WMS provider also support 24bit png images now. The WMS plugin also now provides a search interface for finding WMS servers.
Added svg point symbols symbols from Matt Amos (with his permission).
Improvements to proxy support and support of proxy in WFS provider. The WFS provider now also shows progress information as it is fetching data.
Improvements the PostGIS client support. Massive speedups in PostGIS layer rendering can now be achieved by disabling SSL in the connection editor.
Mapserver Export improvements for continuous color support.
Added tools menu - the fTools plugins are now part of the core QGIS plugins and will always be installed by default.
Improvements to the print composer including object alignment options. It is also now possible to print maps as postcript raster or vector. For python programmers, the composer classes now have python bindings.
When using File - Save as image, the saved image is now georeferenced.
Projection selector now includes quick selection of recently used CRS's.
Continuous color renderer supports point symbols now too.
Improved CMake support for building against dependencies from OSGEO4W (Windows only). Addition of an XCode project of developers building under OSX.
Updates and cleanups to the GRASS toolbox.
Changes in open vector dialog to support all drivers available in ogr including database and protocol drivers. This brings with it support for SDE, Oracle Spatial, ESRI personal geodatabase and many more OGR supported data stores. Note that in some cases accessing these may require third party libraries to be on your system.
The middle mouse button can now be used for panning.
A new, faster attribute table implementation.
Numerous cleanups to the user interface.
A new provider was added for spatiallite - a geodatabase-in-a-file implementation based on the SQLITE database.
Vector overlay support that can draw pie and bar charts over vector layers based on attribute data.

Version 1.0.0 'Kore'

This release includes over 265 bug fixes and enhancements over the QGIS 0.11.0 release. In addition we have made the following changes:

HIG Compliance improvements for Windows / Mac OS X / KDE / Gnome
Saving a vector layer or subset of that layer to disk with a different Coordinate Reference System to the original.
Advanced topological editing of vector data.
Single click selection of vector features.
Many improvements to raster rendering and support for building pyramids external to the raster file.
Overhaul of the map composer for much improved printing support.
A new 'coordinate capture' plugin was added that lets you click on the map and then cut & paste the coordinates to and from the clipboard
A new plugin for converting between OGR supported formats was added.
A new plugin for converting from DXF files to shapefiles was added.
A new plugin was added for interpolating point features into ASCII grid layers.
The python plugin manager was completely overhauled, the new version having many improvements, including checking that the version of QGIS running will support a plugin that is being installed.
Plugin toolbar positions are now correctly saved when the application is closed.
In the WMS client, WMS standards support has been improved.
Tidy ups for GRASS integration and support for GRASS 6.4
Complete API revision - we now have a stable API following well defined naming conventions.
Ported all GDAL/OGR and GEOS usage to use C APIs only.

Version 0.11.0 'Metis'

This release includes over 60 bug fixes and enhancements over the QGIS 0.10.0 release. In addition we have made the following changes:

Revision of all dialogs for user interface consistency
Improvements to unique value renderer vector dialog
Symbol previews when defining vector classes
Separation of python support into its own library
List view and filter for GRASS toolbox to find tools more quickly
List view and filter for Plugin Manager to find plugins more easily
Updated Spatial Reference System definitions
QML Style support for rasters and database layers

Version 0.10.0 'Io'

This release includes over 120 bug fixes and enhancements over the QGIS 0.9.1 release. In addition we have added the following new features:

Improvements to digitizing capabilities.
Supporting default and defined styles (.qml) files for file based vector layers. With styles you can save the symbolisation and other settings associated with a vector layer and they will be loaded whenever you load that layer. Improved support for transparency and contrast stretching in raster layers.
Support for color ramps in raster layers.
Support for non-north up rasters. Many other raster improvements 'under the hood'.
Updated icons for improved visual consistency.
Support for migration of old projects to work in newer QGIS versions.

Version 0.9.2rc1 'Ganymede'

This release candidate includes over 40 bug fixes and enhancements over the QGIS 0.9.1 release. In addition we have added the following new features:
Improvements to digitizing capabilities.
Supporting default and defined styles (.qml) files for file based vector layers. With styles you can save the symbolisation and other settings associated with a vector layer and they will be loaded whenever you load that layer.
Improved support for transparency and contrast stretching in raster layers. Support for color ramps in raster layers.
Support for non-north up rasters. Many other raster improvements 'under the hood'.

Version 0.9.1 'Ganymede'

This is a bug fix release

70 Bugs closed
Added locale tab to options dialog so that locale can be overridden
Cleanups and additions to GRASS tools
Documentation updates
Improvements for building under MSVC
Python Plugin installer to install PyQGIS plugins from the repository

Version 0.9 'Ganymede'

Python bindings - This is the major focus of this release it is now possible to create plugins using python. It is also possible to create GIS enabled applications written in python that use the QGIS libraries.
Removed automake build system - QGIS now needs CMake for compilation.
Many new GRASS tools added (with thanks to http://faunalia.it/)
Map Composer updates
Crash fix for 2.5D shapefiles
The QGIS libraries have been refactored and better organised.
Improvements to the GeoReferencer

Version 0.8 'Joesephine' .... development version

2006-01-23 [timlinux] 0.7.9.10 Dropped use of qpicture and resampling for point markers in favour of qt4.1 qsvgrenderer new goodies
2006-01-09 [timlinux] 0.7.9.8 Started Mapcanvas branch for Martin
2006-01-09 [timlinux] 0.7.9.8 Moved plugins into src/plugins
2006-01-08 [timlinux] 0.7.9.8 moved all sources for gui lib into src/gui
2006-01-08 [gsherman] 0.7.9.7 Moved providers to the src directory
2006-01-08 [timlinux] 0.7.9.6 refactored libqgis into core and gui libs.
2006-01-01 [timlinux] 0.7.9.5 removed community reg plugin and exampl plugins
refactored composer code into its own lib in src/composer
renamed libqgsraster to libqgis_raster
rearranged src/Makefile so app target uses only main.cpp in SOURCES and
links to a new very monolithic lib. Lib will be broken up into smaller bits over time,
2005-11-30 [timlinux] 0.7.9.4 Refactored all src/*.ui into src/ui/ dir for cleaner separation of ui's
2005-12-29 [gsherman] 0.7.9.3 Merged Ui branch into HEAD
2005-11-10 [timlinux] 0.7.9.2 Ported codebase to qt4 - still many issues to sort out but it builds
2005-11-10 [timlinux] 0.7.9.1 Merged in 0.7 branch changes with Tom Elwertowskis help
2005-10-13 [timlinux] 0.7.9 Added capability to generate point and polygon based graticules to the grid_maker plugin

Version 0.6 'Simon'

QGIS Change Log

2005-07-03 [morb_au] 0.7.devel2 Merged changes in the 0.7 release candidate branch (as at "Release-0_7-candidate-pre1") back into the trunk.
2005-05-23 [gsherman] 0.7rc1 Fixed bookmarks bug related to non-existent user database. The database is now properly created if it doesn't exist.
2005-04-12 [timlinux] 0.6devel26 Added option to vector props dlg to let user change projection
2005-04-21 [timlinux] 0.6devel25 More updates to qgsspatialrefsys. Changed splash to be a masked widget & added the xcf masters for the splash. Splash still needs some minor updating relating to text placement.
2005-04-20 [timlinux] 0.6devel24 Added logic for reverse mapping a wkt or proj4string to an srsid - not very well tested at this stage but works for me with my test dataset
2005-04-17 [timlinux] 0.6devel23 Numerous fixes and clean ups to projection handling
2005-05-15 [morb_au] 0.6devel21 Fixed a memory leak in the postgres provider when retrieving features
Raster layers now align to the map canvas with subpixel source accuracy (most useful when zooming in very close and the source pixels cover many screen pixels)
2005-05-13 [didge] 0.6devel19 Tweaked makefile stuff and prepared for a release
2005-04-17 [mcoletti] 0.6devel18 First whack at implementing compensation for opening project files with stale data source paths.
2005-04-17 [timlinux] 0.6devel17 Custom Projection dialog. Various bugfixes plus delete, insert and update of new records possible. User projections now whow in projection selector but are still not usable
2005-04-16 [ges] 0.6.0devel16 Fixed bug 1177637 that prevented a PostgreSQL connection from being completely deleted
2005-04-14 [timlinux] 0.6devel15 Wired up move first and move last buttons on custom projection dialog
2005-04-14 [timlinux] 0.6devel14 Status bar widgets show text in 8pt arial. Closes bug #1077217
2005-04-13 [timlinux] 0.6devel13 Show params on proj designer widget when a projection is sleected
2005-04-12 [ges] 0.6.0devel12 Applied patches from Markus Neteler to allow compilation on Qt 3.1
2005-04-12 [timlinux] 0.6devel12 Fix for [ 1181249 ] Crash when loading shape files
2005-04-11 [timlinux] 0.6devel11 Data binding on projection and ellipsoid selector on custom projection dialog
2005-04-11 [ges] 0.6.0devel10 Applied patches from Markus Neteler to allow compilation on Qt 3.2
2005-04-11 [ges] Fixed default projection (WGS 84) so it is now selected when the project properties dialog is opened and no projection has been set.
2005-04-10 [timlinux] 0.6devel9 Added custom projection maker dialog to main app menu. Dialog is still under construction.
2005-04-09 [ges] 0.6.0devel8 Fixed problems with the Makefile.am related to the merge of Projections_Branch into HEAD
2005-04-09 [ges] 0.6.0devel7 Merged Projections_Branch into HEAD
Polygon outlines are not drawn. This was checked twice and no cause was found.
Projections do not work in all circumstances
Note that both the proj4 library and sqlite3 are now required. The build system has not been modified to test for these yet.
Qt 3.3.x is required to build this source tree.
Make sure to increment the EXTRA_VERSION in configure.in when committing changes.
Make sure to update the Changelog with each commit
2005-03-13 [jobi] 0.6.0devel6 - fix for building on 64bit architecture fixed dependencies of designer-plugin/stuff
2005-01-29 [gsherman] 0.6.0devel5 Applied patches from M. Loskot for a build error and missing Q_OBJECT macros in qgsspit.h and qgsattributetable.h
2005-01-01 [larsl] 0.6.0devel4 Fixed a bug that crashed QGIS when loading rasters from a project file, pt 2
2005-01-01 [larsl] 0.6.0devel3 Fixed a bug that crashed QGIS when loading rasters from a project file
2004-12-30 [mcoletti] 0.6.0devel2 *Re-factored endian-handling in data providers
Re-factored delimited text provider
Made some class members const-correct
2004-12-30 [larsl] 0.6.0devel1 Implemented getProjectionWKT() in QgsGPXProvider
2004-12-19 [gsherman] 0.6.0rc2 Updated README Added main.cpp so spit builds as standalone and plugin. Makefile.am modified so spit binary installs in PREFIX dir
2004-12-19 [timlinux] 0.6.0rc2 Added Slovak translation from Lubos Balazovic Massive documentation updates Updates to developer pictures and the about box
2004-12-19 [mhugent] providers/ogr/qgsshapefileprovider.cpp: fix for attribute problem in ogr provider
2004-12-05 [gsherman] 0.6.0rc2 Fixed bug 1079392 that caused QGIS to crash when a query was entered that resulted in the layer being created with no records. Additional validation of the SQL query was added to the query builder. When OK is clicked on the builder dialog, the query is sent to the database and the result checked to ensure that it will create a valid PostreSQL layer. Added tr to a number of strings that weren't prepared for translation in the vector dialog properties code Created QgsDataSourceURI structure to hold all the pertinent information associated with a PostgreSQL layer connection, including host, database, table, geometry column, username, password, port, and sql where clause.
2004-12-03 [gsherman] 0.6.0rc1 Commented out excessive debug statements in the postgres provider
2004-12-03 [gsherman] 0.6.0rc1 Changing the SQL query for a PostgreSQL layer using the query builder from the vector layer properties dialog now properly updates the mapcanvas extents and feature count. Fix for crash in pg buffer plugin (bug 1077412). Crash is due to the addition of sql where clause support in the postgres provider. The provider was not checking to see if a sql key was included in the datasource uri and thus copying the entire URI as the where clause. The .shp extension is now added the new vector layer name (if not specified by the user). The .qgs extension is now added to a project file when using save or save as (if not specified by the user).

Version 0.5

2004-12-01 [gsherman] 0.5.0devel30 Added functions to qgsdataprovider.h to support updating the feature count and extents. To be supported, these functions must be implemented in the data provider implementation. The default implementations don't do anything useful.
QgsVectorLayer now has functions for requesting feature count, extent update, and the subset defintiion string (usually sql) from the underlying data provider. Providers do not need to implement these functions unless they want to support subsetting the layer via a layer definition query or other means.

2004-11-27 [larsl] 0.5.0devel30 Fixed feature addition in GPX layers, it now works again

2004-11-22 [mcoletti] 0.5.0devel29 QgsProject properties now re-designed to be similar to QSettings

2004-11-20 [timlinux] 0.5.0devel28 Added the capability to interrupt the rendering of the currently drawing map layer by pressing the escape key. Repeat and rinse to interrupt drawing of all vector layers. Not implemented for raster layers yet.

2004-11-11 [gsherman] 0.5.0devel27 First pass at a PostgreSQL query builder. This is not entirely functional yet. Fields for a table are displayed and sample or all values can be displayed. Double-clicking on a field name or sample value pastes it into the sql query box at the current cursor position. The test function is not implemented yet nor is the type checking to allow auto quoting of text values in the sql statement.

2004-11-19 [mcoletti] 0.5.devel26 Changed QgsProject properties interface to be more similar to QSettings. New properties are emitted to file. There is a known bug with QStringLists in that thre're redundant copies written to the file. New properties aren't read yet. Will be adding code for that over next couple days.

2004-11-17 [timlinux] 0.5.0devel25 Added a little checkbox to the bottom right of status bar that when checked will suppress rendering of layers in main canvas and overview canvas, This is useful if you want to load a bunch of layers and tweak their symbology etc without having delays caused by rerendering everything after each change you make.

2004-11-16 [larsl] 0.5.0devel24 Reimplemented nextFeature() so features are visible again

2004-11-13 [larsl] 0.5.0devel23 Changed QgsIdentifyResults and QgsVectorLayer to show all attributes automatically (expand the feature node) if only one feature is identified

2004-11-11 [gsherman] 0.5.0devel22 Added ifdef's for WIN32 around dynamic_casts in the vector renderer dialogs. Even though rtti is enabled, use of dynamic casts causes seg faults under WIN32.

2004-11-09 [timlinux] 0.5.0devel21 Added options to graticule builder to allow you to define origin and endpoints and to set the graticule size at < 1 degree. Note that there is little error checking in there still, so putting in dodgy numbers may cause qgis to crash.

2004-11-04 [timlinux] 0.5.0devel20 Added scale dependent visibility support to both raster and vector layers.

2004-11-02 [larsl] 0.5.0devel19 Added menu item for creating an empty GPX file

2004-10-31 [timlinux] 0.5.0devel18 Fix bug #1047002 (label buffer enabled / disabled checkbox not working)

2004-10-30 [larsl] 0.5.0devel17 qgsfeature.h is needed in qgsvectordataprovider.cpp since it's deleting a QgsFeature, fixed it

2004-10-29 [larsl] 0.5.0devel16 Added defaultValue() in QgsVectorLayer and QgsVectorDataProvider, implemented it in the GPX provider

2004-10-29 [stevehalasz] 0.5.0devel15

Write layers to projects files in the proper order by iterating over the zOrder in the map canvas. Fixes bug #1054332.
Remove the tag from the dtd. It is superfluous.

2004-10-26 [mcoletti] 0.5.0devel13 regarding saving and restoring units in project files. made many minor bug fixes and tidying up

2004-10-22 [larsl] 0.5.0devel12 Removed more unused code in the GPS plugin, changed the GPS plugin source to follow the coding standards better

2004-10-22 [larsl] 0.5.0devel11 Some changes in the GPS plugin:

Changed the tooltip of the action from "GPS Importer" to "GPS Tools"
Removed some old unused code
Made the upload/download tools much more flexible by letting users specifying "devices" with upload and download commands
Remember the last used device and port for uploads and downloads
Remember the last directory that a GPX file was loaded from

2004-10-20 [mcoletti] 0.5.0devel10 merged in qgsproject-branch

2004-10-19 [larsl] 0.5.0devel9 Changed GPX attribute names from three letter abbreviations to more userfriendly whole words

2004-10-19 [larsl] 0.5.0devel8 Changed mFeatureType in qgsgpxprovider.cpp from a QString to an enum to avoid unnecessary string comparisons

2004-10-18 [gsherman] 0.5.0devel7 Added test for GEOS to acinclude.m4 and configure.in Added members/methods in preparation for support of scale dependent rendering Added Display tab to the vector dialog to allow setting of min and max scales for rendering

2004-10-18 [larsl] 0.5.0devel6 Removed duplicate code, added bounds calculation for digitized features in the GPX provider

2004-10-18 [larsl] 0.5.0devel5 Changes to the GPX provider:

Implemented isEditable(), isModified(), commitChanges(), and rollBack()
Removed the useless lat and lon attributes in waypoint features
Cleaned up the attribute parsing in addFeature() GPX editing should now work again.

2004-10-17 [gsherman] 0.5.0devel4 OGR provider now uses GEOS to select features when doing identify and select operations.

2004-10-16 [gsherman] 0.5.0devel3 Fixed OGR filters in the add layer dialog box using fix in qgsproject-branch Reverted images in qgisappbase.ui to XPM so QGIS will compile on Qt < 3.x

2004-10-11 [gsherman] 0.5.0devel2 Added man page (qgis.man) that gets installed in man1 as qgis.1

2004-10-09 [gsherman] 0.5.0devel1 Changed name to Simon Added Simon splash screen Fixed command line loading bug to eliminate bogus warning for vector layers Modified splashscreen.cpp to allow specification of x,y for text drawing on the splash image Imperfectly fixed problem where PostGIS attributes aren't displayed if the primary key is not of type int4 (bug 1042706). Added Latvian translation file (untranslated at present)

2004-09-23 [larsl] 0.4.0devel38 Removed support for loading Geocaching.com LOC files

2004-09-20 [tim] 0.4.0devel37 Shameless acknowledge not keeping this file up to date! Sort out clipping problems with labeller

2004-09-20 [larsl] 0.4.0devel36 Added the element definition of uniquevaluemarker to qgis.dtd

2004-09-20 [larsl] 0.4.0devel35 Re-fixed bug 987874, the provider will now skip geometry-less features but keep reading other features

2004-09-20 [larsl] 0.4.0devel34 Fixed bug 987874 which caused QGIS to crash when showing the attribute table for shapefile layers with features with NULL geometry (GetGeometryRef() returns NULL) - the OGR provider now treats features with NULL geometry as NULL features, i.e. EOF

2004-09-15 [larsl] 0.4.0devel33 Fixed QgsUValMaDialogBase so the listbox doesn't take up all of the space

2004-09-14 [larsl] 0.4.0devel32 Added the SVG icons in src/svg/gpsicons

2004-09-13 [larsl] 0.4.0devel31 Added the unique value marker renderer

2004-09-12 [larsl] 0.4.0devel30 Scale down SVG symbols Display rasters without geotransform info as "1 pixel = 1 unit"

2004-09-12 [larsl] 0.4.0devel29 Fixed bug in scale_bar plugin that would cause QGIS to freeze when a layer with one point was loaded

2004-09-12 [larsl] 0.4.0devel28 The device lists in the GPS plugin should show /dev/ttyUSB- devices too now (for serial USB adapters) on Linux

2004-09-08 [larsl] 0.4.0devel27 Fixed bug that crashed QGIS when the user selected records in the attribute table for a layer that used the single marker renderer

2004-09-01 [mcoletti] 0.4.0devel26 Start of new qgs project file class. Obviously work-in-progress.

Committed for back-up sanity and to elicit comments from the bored.

2004-09-01 [mcoletti] 0.4.0devel25 QgsRect :

no longer waste copy of QgsPoint in ctor

2004-08-14 [gsherman] 0.4.0devel23 Moved plugin toolbar to the qgisappbase toolbar container rather than dynamically allocating it. This allows the state/docking position gets restored each time the app starts.

2004-08-26 [mcoletti] 0.4.0devel22 qgisapp.cpp:

fixed bug 1017079, where loading projects would cause app to crash

qgsprojectio.cpp:

minor code change; commented out superfluous code

2004-08-26 [mcoletti] 0.4.0devel21 Now explicitly check for command line arguments via $# instead of $@. Using $@ caused the script to crash when more than one command line argument was passed in. (E.g., specifying multiple files for CVS commits.)

2004-08-25 [mcoletti] 0.4.0devel20 Now explicitly use QgsMapLayerRegistry instance instead of data members. (Of which two both referred to the same instance.)

2004-08-25 [mcoletti] 0.4.0devel19 Deleted two data members that referred to the Singleton object QgsMapLayerRegistry. Now explicitly use QgsMapLayerRegistry::instance(), which emphasizes that you're accessing a Singleton.

2004-08-22 [larsl] 0.4.0devel18 Fixed a bug that caused SVG markers to be huge when oversampling was turned on

2004-08-22 [larsl] 0.4.0devel17 Fixed transparency in SVG sumbols

2004-08-21 [larsl] 0.4.0devel16 Added a black frame around the white rectangle around SVG symbols to make it look cleaner, can be removed when transparency is fixed

2004-08-20 [larsl] 0.4.0devel15 Added more attribute fields to the GPX provider: cmt, desc, src, sym, number, urlname

2004-08-20 [larsl] 0.4.0devel14 Forgot to calculate bounds for user-added routes and tracks in the GPX provider, which caused unpredictable drawing bugs since selection wouldn't work. Fixed.

2004-08-14 [gsherman] 0.4.0devel13 Moved common toobar icons to drop-down tool menus. This includes the overview, hide/show all, and capture tools

2004-08-18 [jobi] 0.4.0devel12 added Italian translation thanx to Maurizio Napolitano updated all translations

2004-08-17 [larsl] 0.4.0devel11 Implemented GPX file writing - GPX layers are now written back to file when features are added

2004-08-17 [larsl] 0.4.0devel10

More digitizing support for the GPX provider. Routes and tracks can now be created. Nothing is written to file yet.

2004-08-14 [gsherman] 0.4.0devel9 Added mouse wheel zoom. Moving wheel forward zooms in by a factor of 2.

2004-08-12 [gsherman] 0.4.0devel8 Rearranged capture icons and added them to the MapNavigation action group so that the icons remain depressed while the tool is active. (bugs 994274 and 994272) Fixed preferences bug (992458) that caused themes to disappear when setting options.

2004-07-19 [gsherman] 0.4.0devel7 Fixed broken setDisplayField function in qgsvectorlayer Added display/label field handling. Field is now set when the layer is added by examining the fields and attempting to make a "smart" choice. The user can later change this field from the layer properties dialog. This field is used as the item name in the identify box (top of the tree for each feature and its attributes) and will eventually be used in labeling features. Cleanup of postgres add layer dialog Removed excessive debug output from qgsfeature

2004-07-18 [larsl] 0.4.0devel6 Changed Graduated Marker renderer to use the SVG cache

2004-07-17 [larsl] 0.4.0devel5 Added SVG cache and started using it in the Single Marker renderer

2004-07-10 [larsl] 0.4.0devel4 Added code to QgsProjectIo that saves and loads the provider key of a vector layer in the project file, so delimited text layers and GPX layers can be saved in a project. Haven't tested for grass vector layers, but it should work.

2004-07-09 [gsherman] 0.4.0devel3 First pass at defining PostgreSQL layers using a where clause in the data provider. UI may need some work. When adding a PG layer, double- click on the layer name to define the where clause. Do not include the where keyword 2004-07-05 [ts] 0.4.0devel2 Added option for forcing redraw when adding a raster - intended for use by plugins.

2004-07-05 [larsl] 0.4.0devel1 Moved lots of code from PluginGui to Plugin in the GPS plugin, use signals and slots for communication

2004-06-30 [jobi] 0.3.0devel58 made ready for release added interface version for libqgis

2004-06-28 [gsherman] 0.3.0devel57 Overview extent rectangle bug fix Patch (from strk) for PG layer extent calculation QgsActetate- documentation updates

2004-06-28 [jobi] 0.3.0devel56 fix bug #981159 cleaned warnings

2004-06-28 [ts] 0.3.0devel55 Added show/hide all layers buttons and menu items

2004-06-27 [larsl] 0.3.0devel54 Enabled GPS upload code again

2004-06-27 [ts] 0.3.0devel53 Numerous bug fixes and cleanups. Added remove all layers from overview button.

2004-06-26 [ts] 0.3.0devel52 Extents are now correctly restored when project is loaded

2004-06-24 [ts] 0.3.0devel51 Completion of projection fixes to freeze canvas and restore zorder correctly. Small issue with restoring extents properly needs to be resolved still.

2004-06-23 [mcoletti] 0.3.0devel50 Fixed bug whereby one couldn't downcast from QgsMapLayer- to a QgsVectorLayer*. Apparently this was because dlopen()'d files didn't have full access to global variables. Now plug-ins can use global variable by linking with -rdynamic and using dlopen()'s RTLD_GLOBAL flag.

2004-06-21 [ts] 0.3.0devel49

Revised raster stats emitting of progress update to not do it when stats are fetched from cache. QGisApp progress bar now updates as each layer is rendered in the mapCanvas.

Some minor updates to projection

2004-06-21 [larsl] 0.3.0devel48 Hooked up the GPS gui to code that uses gpsbabel to import lots of GPS file formats to GPX

2004-06-21 [jobi] 0.3.0devel47 Added check for wrong UI version to make release fixed wrong versions and DOS endlines

2004-06-21 [ts] 0.3.0devel46

Got tired of always resetting my gidbase dir every time qgis restarts - added it to qsettings.

2004-06-21 [ts] 0.3.0devel45

Complete buffering so that bar as well as text will be visible on both light and dark surfaces.

2004-06-21 [ts] 0.3.0devel44

Fix for bug [ 973922 ] Overview shows layers in wrong order

Fixed show stopper bug where maplayerregistry wasn't being cleared properly on file new

Added setZOrder which will be used in next commit to fix projection zorder problem

2004-06-20 [ts] 0.3.0devel43

Fix annoying 'mapcanvas isn't freezing while loading rasters' bug

2004-06-19 [ts] 0.3.0devel42

Add white buffer around scalebar text...buffer around lines to come...

2004-06-18 [larsl] 0.3.0devel41 Added an option for setting the length of the scale bar to closest integer < 10 times power of 10

2004-06-16 [ts] 0.3.0devel40

Win32 support for package path - which will hopefully ensure pyramid and overview mini icons are displayed on legend entry now.

Beginnings of generic vector file writer - incomplete and doesn't do anything useful yet except has ability to make a shapefile with a couple of user defined fields e.g. to create a new point shapefile:

QgsVectorFileWriter myFileWriter("/tmp/test.shp", wkbPoint);
if (myFileWriter.initialise())  //#spellok
{
myFileWriter.createField("TestInt",OFTInteger,8,0);
myFileWriter.createField("TestRead",OFTReal,8,3);
myFileWriter.createField("TestStr",OFTString,255,0);
myFileWriter.writePoint(&theQgsPoint);

2004-06-16 [larsl] 0.3.0devel40 Added skeleton code for importing other GPS file formats using GPSBabel

2004-06-16 [ts] 0.3.0devel39 Added small icon displayed on raster legend showing whether this layer is in overview or not. This icon needs "petification!". Need to do the ame for vector once I figure out where to put the code!'

2004-06-16 [ts] 0.3.0devel38 Added new menu / toolbar option to add all loaded layers into the overview.

2004-06-15 [larsl] 0.3.0devel37 More preparation for GPS upload code New function in QgisInterface - getLayerRegistry()

2004-06-14 [ts] 0.3.0devel36 Added capability for plugins to clear the current project ignoring the project dirty flag (ie force new project).

2004-06-14 [ts] 0.3.0devel35 Added addRasterLayer(QgsRasterLayer *) to the plugin interface. This allows plugins to construct their own raster object, set its symbolisation and the pass it over to the app to be loaded into the canvas.

2004-06-13 [ts] 0.3.0devel34 Removed gdal deps in qgisapp.

Moved raster load stuff to a group at the end of qgisapp.cpp file.

Removed generically usable raster fns from qgisapp to static methods of qgsrasterlayer.

Some renaming of variable names etc.

Added addRaster(QgsRasterLayer *) private method to qgisapp - which is intended for use via plugins that want to load 'ready made' / symbolised raster layer into the mapCanvas.

2004-06-13 [ts] 0.3.0devel33

Globally changed legen item fonts to arial 10pt for consistency with rest of ui. Will soft code in qgsoptions in next release.

2004-06-13 [ts] 0.3.0devel32 Add version name to splash

2004-06-13 [ts] 0.3.0devel31 Implemented a new map cursor type : Capture Point (little pencil icon on your toolbar). At the moment clicking on the map in capture point mode will cause QgsMapCanvas to emit an xyClickCoordinate(QgsPoint) signal which is picked up by qgisapp and the coordinates are placed into the system clipboard.

In release 0.5 this will be extended to provide simple point vector file data capture / digitizing facility. This will be implemented by means of a plugin which will utilize the aforementioned xyClickCoordinate(QgsPoint) signal.

2004-06-12 [gsherman] 0.3.0devel30 Windows support -- lots of changes

2004-06-11 [larsl] 0.3.0devel29 Let the user choose GPS protocol and feature type to download

2004-06-10 [gsherman] 0.3.0devel28 Added display of extent rectangle in the overview map. Current implementation is not optimized (requires repaint of the overview canvas to display updated rectangle) Added acetate layer support to the map canvas. Currently there is only one acetate object type - QgsAcetateRectangle, which inherits from QgsAcetateObject. More acetate types will follow...

2004-06-10 [ts] 0.3.0devel27 Modified projection (serialisation and deserialisation of project files) to use maplayerregistry and not mapcanvas.

Implemented state handling of 'showInOverview' property in project io. 2004-06-10 [petebr] 0.3.0devel26 Tidied up the SPIT gui to match the plugin template. Fixed bug in scale bar which displayed the bar the wrong size! Fixed all the plugins so they do not do multiple refreshes on exit. Added color selection for scale bar.

2004-06-09 [mcoletti] 0.3.0devel25 Added support for a feature type name in QgsFeature. The GDAL/OGR shape file provider now also provides the feature type name.

2004-06-09 [petebr] 0.3.0devel24 Added the scale bar plugin. My first solo plugin! :-)

2004-06-09 [ts] 0.3.0devel23 Added "Show in overview" option to vector popup menu.

Removed overview stuff from debug only version of qgisapp.

Did plumbing for enabling disabling layers in overview from popup context menu.

Whoopdeedooo. :-)

All that remains to do now is sort out syncronisation of layer ordering between main map canvas and overview canvas.

2004-06-09 [ts] 0.3.0devel22 Fixed bug that causes qgis to crash when an empty .dbf is encountered. Added transparency slider to raster popup menu.

2004-06-09 [larsl] 0.3.0devel21 Hid the "GPS download file importer" tab

2004-06-08 [larsl] 0.3.0devel20 Call GPSBabel using QProcess instead of system(), show a progress bar while GPSBabel is running, show the messages printed to GPSBabel's stderr if something goes wrong

2004-06-08 [larsl] 0.3.0devel19 Started adding GPS data download capability. Only tracklogs from Garmin devices for now, routes and waypoints and Magellan support will come in the near future.

2004-06-08 [jobi] 0.3.0devel18 updated ts files fixed German translation added translation support to external help applications (grid_maker and gpsimporter)

2004-06-07 [gsherman] 0.3.0devel17 Added update threshold to user options. Update threshold defines the number features to read before updating the map display (canvas). If set to zero the display is not updated until all features have been read.

2004-06-07 [larsl] 0.3.0devel16 Changed some calls to QMessageBox::question() to QMessageBox::information() since Qt 3.1.2 doesn't have question()

2004-06-07 [ts] 0.3.0devel15 Implemented map overview using maplayers rather than snapshots of a raster layer.

Implemented QgsMapLayerRegistry - s singleton object that keeps track of loaded layers. When a layer is added an entry is made in the registry. When a layer is removed, the registry emits a layerWillBeRemoved signal that is connected to any mapvcanvas, legend etc that may be using the layer. The objects using the layer can then remove any reference they make to the layer - after which the registry deletes the layer object.

This fixes a problem with adding an overview map which caused qgis to crash when a layer was removed because it was trying to delete the same pointer twice.

Added a better implementation of the overview map below map legend.

Refactoring in qgis app - all private members now adhere to qgis naming conventions (prefixed with m).

Import Note *ONLY THE MAPLAYER REGISTRY SHOULD DELETE QgsMapLayer::LayerType NOW *

2004-06-03 [ts] 0.3.0devel14 Added getPaletteAsPixmap function to raster and display on raster props dialog. Also added gdaldatatype to raster props metadata dialog.

2004-06-04 [jobi] 0.3.0devel13 fixed tims typo with GDAL_LDADD cleaned pluginnames

2004-06-03 [jobi] 0.3.0devel12 fixed bug #965720 by adding math.h for gcc 3.4 problems

2004-06-02 [ts] 0.3.0devel11 Changed maplayer draw() and its subclasses vectorlayer and rasterlayer to not need src parameter (this can be obtained from painter->device()).

More work on print system - still only works well on A4 landscape.

Northarrow and copyright label plugins now hidethemselves before emitting update signals when OK is pressed.

QGSMapCanvas can now return the (last calculated) scale using getScale

QGSMapCanvas Impl struct rename to CanvasProperties. QgsMapCanvas impl_ member renamed to mCanvasProperties.

2004-05-31 [ts] 0.3.0devel10 Added basic print capability to qgis....consider this a work in progress. 2004-05-31 [gsherman] 0.3.0devel9 Changed QgsIdentifyResultsBase to inherit from QWidget instead of QDialog so window position can be saved/restored from user settings each time. Changed qgis.h int version number to 300 (should have been done at release)

2004-05-30 [ts] 0.3.0devel8 Fix poorly placed status text on splash screen.

2004-05-27 [gsherman] 0.3.0devel7 Fixed schema problem with the spit plugin

2004-05-27 [jobi] 0.3.0devel7 cleanup of gcc warnings

2004-05-27 [petebr] 0.3.0devel6 Altered buttons on GUI to a standardised layout - HELP - APPLY - OK - CANCEL

2004-05-26 [gsherman] 0.3.0devel5 Added theme selection to the user preferences dialog. Currently there is only one theme (default) available

2004-05-26 [gsherman] 0.3.0devel4 Added theme support for loading png icons during startup. This solves ugly icon problem when encoded as xpm in the ui files. See comments in the QgisApp::settheme() function for details

2004-05-26 [larsl] 0.3.0devel3 Added some calls to std::string::c_str() to hopefully make Qt without STL happy

2004-05-26 [larsl] 0.3.0devel2

2004-05-26 [larsl] 0.3.0devel1 Fixed a bug that caused the legend checkboxes to always be unchecked when using Qt 3.1.2 by removing QgsLegendItem::setOn(), don't know how this affects newer Qt

2004-05-25 [larsl] 0.2.0devel37 Show the legend widgets in debug mode too

2004-05-25 [larsl] 0.2.0devel36 Fixed some more instances of the same bug in raster layer

2004-05-25 [ts] 0.2.0devel35 Disable overview widget for release. Minor bugfix in rasterlayer picker up by Larsl which is only encountered bu i8n users. Miscellaneous other fixes including proper rotation support for north arrows in all 4 corners of display, inproved refresh behavior of n-arrow and copyright plugin, better state hadnling for copyright plugin.

2004-05-25 [larsl] 0.2.0devel34 Updated all ts files and translated new messages in the swedish file

2004-05-25 [larsl] 0.2.0devel33 Updated the swedish translation

2004-05-25 [larsl] 0.2.0devel32 Resaved plugins/copyright_label/pluginguibase.ui with designer 3.1 to fix const problem

2004-05-20 [ts] 0.2.0devel31 First working version for gui pyramid manager (implemented as tab in raster props). Raster legend entry now stretched to width of legend and show an icon indicating whether the layer has overviews or not. Added struct and qvaluelist to raster to store pyramids state in.

2004-05-20 [gsherman] 0.2.0devel30 Changed release name to Madison in qgis.h Added QgsScaleCalculator to libqgis spec in src/Makefile.am Additional debug statements in grass data provider

2004-05-20 [ts] 0.2.0devel29 Added pyramid / no pyramid icon to raster legend entry and made legend pixmap fill up all available space in leend width. Added new dir for icons in src that will be installed to PKGPATH/share/icons

2004-05-20 [ts] 0.2.0devel28 Changed splash to load picture from file instead of an xpm include. This will hopefully speed up compile times for folks building on p133's. Changed splash image to the fluffball ready for 0.3 release.

2004-05-19 [larsl] 0.2.0devel27 Implemented nextFeature(list&) in the GPX provider

2004-05-18 [gsherman] 0.2.0devel26 Saved the qgsappbase.ui and the qgsprojectpropertiesbase.ui files (modified at version 0.2.0devel25) using qt designer 3.1.2 to preserve backward compatibility.

2004-05-18 [gsherman] 0.2.0devel25 Changes to implement scale display for map data in feets, meters, and decimal degrees. A new menu item is added to the Tools menu for selecting the map units. This setting is currently not saved with a project file. TODO:Modify qgis.dtd and project save/load to support map units.

NOTE - the qgisapp.ui file was created with qt 3.3.x and WILL NOT WORK with qt 3.1.2. This will be changed as soon as I can find my 3.1.2 version of qt designer...

2004-05-18 [ts] 0.2.0devel24 Relax checking of raster filetype extensions to cater for filetypes where extension is unpredictable (e.g. grass). Now I use gdal to quickly check if a file is usable so pretty much anything gdal iscompile with should get through if you have chosen wildcard filter in add raster dialog.

2004-05-17 [larsl] 0.2.0devel23 Added URL parsing and attribute fields for route and track GPX layers

2004-05-17 [ts] 0.2.0devel22 Added support to Save As Image to save in any QImageIO supported format. File->SaveAsImage dialog filter list now generated automagically by interrogating QImageIO for its supported formats. File->SaveAsImage remembers last dir used (stored in qsettings). Its supposed to remember last filter used but there is an issue with that that needs to be resolved.

2004-05-16 [larsl] 0.2.0devel21 Added url/link parsing to the GPX provider

2004-05-16 [larsl] 0.2.0devel20 Corrected file name extension for PNG files

2004-05-15 [larsl] 0.2.0devel19 Added my picture in the About dialog to attract more female users to QGIS

2004-05-13 [ts] 0.2.0devel18 Raster properties changes: Switched order of general tab and symbology tab - as you normally change straight to symbology tab anyway. Removed stats tab and consolidated stats into metadata tab. Clean ups on metadata tab.

2004-05-13 [ts] 0.2.0devel17 Raster stats tab now displays pyramid/overview info

2004-05-14 [larsl] 0.2.0devel16 Cleaned up the enabling/disabling of controls in the GPS dialog Changed the order in which different layers are loaded from a GPX file Added the basename of the GPX or LOC file in the layer name Changed the plugin name to the more general "GPS Tools"

2004-05-14 [larsl] 0.2.0devel15 Fixed a bug that caused the canvas to have a fixed width of 400 with my Qt version - the main grid layout for the main window had one extra column

2004-05-14 [larsl] 0.2.0devel14 Added a tab for loading GPX and LOC files to the GPS plugin dialog

2004-05-14 [larsl] 0.2.0devel13 Added a virtual destructor to QgsDataProvider and deleted dataProvider in the destructor for QgsVectorLayer

2004-05-13 [larsl] 0.2.0devel12 Changing std::string to QString in GPSData::getData() and GPSData::releaseData() to support Qt libraries built without STL support

2004-05-13 [ts] 0.2.0devel11 Fixes for segfaults on grid_make and gps_importer dbf creation

2004-05-12 [gsherman] 0.2.0devel10 Fixes for OS X endian bug (needs further testing)

2004-05-12 [jobi] 0.2.0devel9 Added endian checks in configure decreased versions in the auto- checks

2004-05-12 [ts] 0.2.0devel8 Added addProject(QString) to plugin interface.

2004-05-05 [jobi] 0.2.0devel7 Extended qgis-config to expose version

2004-05-04 [ts] 0.2.0devel6 Added two new internal plugins - North Arrow and Copyright message overlay

2004-05-03 [ts] 0.2.0devel5 Canvas now emits renderComplete signal when rendering of cnavas has completed, but before the screen is refreshed. Added accessor and mutators for the canvas pixmap.

2004-05-03 [ts] 0.2.0devel4 qgisApp->mapCanvas is now exposed through the plugin interface.

2004-05-03 [ts] 0.2.0devel3 Added three new widgets to status bar: scale - which shows the scale in the form 1:50000 * coordinates - shows coordinates of mouse on map in its own widget progressbar - shows the progress of any task that emits signals connected to showProgress slot

Added signal / slot mechanism for showExtents and set fp precision to 2 (see below)

stringRep function in QgsRect and QgsPoint now overloaded to allow setting floating point precision for display. QgisApp & canvas are currently hard coding this to 2 but I plan to make this user configurable in the options panel.

Added example of using progress indicator to raster stats gathering procedure. You can see this in action by setting ak_shade example dataset to singleband pseudocolor and you will see progress indicator advancing as stats are gathered.

*NOTE: scale calculations may not be correct at this point - they are still under development.

2004-04-27 [ts] 0.2.0devel2

Added preliminary support for building pyramids in raster files using the GDAL overview function. Currently it is hard coded to use Nearest neighbour algorithm with pyramids at levels 2, 4 and 8. Adding pyramids to your raster layer can greatly improve rendering performance. This new functionality is accessed by right clicking on a raster legen entry and choosing 'Build Pyramids' from the popup menu.

*PLEASE USE WITH CAUTION * This current implementation does not warn you of possible side effects including:

possible image degradation if too many pyramids are generated
possuble large increase in image side
currently this process IS NOT KNOWN TO BE REVERSIBLE so please backup data first before experimenting.

2004-04-27 [ts] 0.2.0devel1

Rejigged single marker symbol so directory, icon selector, preview and scaling widget are all in one panel rather than having to spawn a new window to select an icon.

2004-04-27 [ts] 0.2.0devel0

Fixed broken bits in internal plugin builder template and updated default plugin template gui,

Version 0.2 'Pumpkin' .... development version

2004-04-25 [jobi] 0.1.0devel36 Added i18n tools to EXTRA_DIST Updated German translation fixed a typo -> other translations changed too

2004-04-22 [jobi] 0.1.0devel35 added install routine for svg files added new translations adjusted paths in the cpp files

2004-04-19 [jobi] 0.1.0devel34 Changed to simple macros for detecting QT and GDAL Added code for detecting QGIS as m4 file to tools this will be installed together with QT and GDAL detection to $prefix/share/aclocal/qgis.m4 so the plugins can just use those simple unique macros updated German translation !! Developers have to link the installed qgis.m4 to /usr/share/aclocal/ !! or where ever aclocal keeps the m4 files !! otherwise it's not detected by the plugins autogen.sh (more exactly !! aclocal) !! It can be cheated by adding -I path/to/qgis.m4 to the aclocal of !! autogen.sh. But be careful not to commit that to CVS

2004-04-18 [jobi] 0.1.0devel33 Added internationalisations stuff Needs some documentation and more translations :-)

2004-04-17 [ts] 0.1.0devel32 Fix for crash when opening singleband grayscale images introduced by Steves fix for crash when opening MULTIBAND_SINGLEBAND_GRAYSCALE images. Thanks to Steves help, all eight raster renderers are now working properly. This resolves bug : [ 934234 ] Segfault when drawing multiband image band as grayscale

2004-04-06 [ts] 0.1.0devel31 Added new plugin (grid_maker) to build arbitrary sized graticules and add them to the current map view.

2004-04-05 [jobi] 0.1.0devel30 fixed qgiscommit (didn't work when in qgis root) cosmetics for qgis-config to be more "standardconform"

2004-04-04 [jobi] 0.1.0devel29 fixed GRASS provider

2004-04-03 [ts] 0.1.0devel28 Bug fix (still unconfirmed if it cures the bug!) for raster layer rendering artifacts.

Added new color ramper for grayscale and pseudcolor grayscale image called freak out (its a bit psycadellic at the moment). Last class break ne eds some work!

2004-04-02 [jobi] 0.1.0devel27 Added version checks for autoconf, automake and libtool Small bugfixes

2004-04-02 [mcoletti] 0.1.0devel26 Rolling forward QgsFeature::setGeometry() interface change whereby the size of the well known type geometry binary buffer is also now passed in.

2004-04-02 [mcoletti] 0.1.0devel25 Compensating for QgsFeature::setGeometry() now accepting "size" parameter for the given binary geometry string.

QgsShapeFileProvider::endian() now uses shorter, standard way of computing endian-ness.

2004-04-02 [stevehalasz] 0.1.0devel25

2004-04-01 [jobi] 0.1.0devel24 changed qgiscommit to hopefully fix all problems

2004-04-01 [jobi] 0.1.0devel23 Extended tools/qgiscommit to pass parameters to cvs

2004-04-01 [jobi] 0.1.0devel22 Fixed GRASS plugin and provider build

2004-04-01 [jobi] 0.1.0devel21 fixed strange warning: object 'foo.$(OBJEXT)' created both with libtool and without also cleaned the other Makefiles that way

2004-03-31 [jobi] 0.1.0devel20 fixed small bug renamed plugins/gps_importer/shapefil.h to shapefile.h

2004-03-31 [jobi] 0.1.0devel19 A lot of small changes to make release work again Probably more cleaning in the Makefiles needed

2004-03-27 [ts] 0.1.0devel18 Fix for cl parameter "snapshot" to ensure events are process (ie canvas is drawn!) before snapshot is taken.

2004-03-27 [jobi] 0.1.0devel17 autogen.sh now passes parameters to configure fixed tools/qgiscommit by using mktemp, thanx mcoletti pluginpath is now taken of libdir to be 64bit compliant (e.g. /usr/lib64/qgis)

2004-03-26 [jobi] 0.1.0devel13 forgot to remove tempfile

2004-03-26 [jobi] 0.1.0devel12 Removed Newline after statusline Should work now fine! Have fun

2004-03-26 [jobi] 0.1.0devel11

Added qgiscommit tool

2004-03-26 [didge] 0.1.0devel10

Fixed bug #920070 Made plugin-libdir 64bit compatible (e.g. /usr/lib64/qgis) for AMD64 and PPC64 systems

2004-03-22 [mac] 0.1.0devel9

Added gps_importer plugin (still a work in progress)

2004-03-22 [mac] 0.1.0devel8 s/config.h/qgsconfig.h/ qgsconfig.h now has header sentinels now will install headers in $(prefix)/qgis/include and libqis.- library in $(prefix)/lib "src/Makefile" no longer relies on explicit dependencies and uses better naming scheme for created source files

2004-03-21 [ts] 0.1.0devel7

Added thumbnail preview of raster to raster props dialog. Added drawThumbnail method to rasterlayer.cpp Split (overloaded) draw method in rasterlayer.cpp so that some parts of the original draw method could be used by drawThumbnail method too.

Fixed a bug in the drawing of pseudocolor single band grayscale images that prevented all class breaks being displayed.

2004-03-10 [gs] 0.1.0devel7 Added delimited text plugin which provides gui to add delimited text layers using the delimited_text data provider Changes to delimited_text data provider to support zooming, display of attributes, and identifying features. Selecting features does not work at this time. Auto- changes to support building the delimited text provider and plugin Minor changes to QgsFeature

2004-03-06 [ts] 0.1.0devel6 Completed session management of plugins (so active plugins are remembered when qgis closes and reloaded in the next session).

2004-03-06 [ts] 0.1.0devel6 Save state of plugins in ~/.qt/qtrc file (in progress). State is saved, just need to implement code to load plugins marked as active during application startup.

2004-03-06 [ts] 0.1.0devel6 Added QgsRasterLayer::filterLayer which gets called near the end of each of the 8 renderers. This is the place to inline filters. Note that eventually filters will be hived out to a filter plugin mechanism.

2004-03-06 [didge] 0.1.0devel6 Changed configure stuff to write DEFINES in config.h. PostgreSQL stuff needs testing as I commented the compileflags in src/Makefile.am Infos will be posted on the devel mailinglist

2004-03-04 [ts] 0.1.0devel5 Added option to options dialog to disable splashscreen.

2004-02-28 [ts] 0.1.0devel5

-snapshot command line parameter working now and correctly scaling snapshot to size of pixmap. started moving splashscreen to a global so other classes diring the startup process can get access to set the splash status. (in progress)

2004-02-28 [gs] 0.1.0devel5 Refactored QgsField to use new coding conventions Documented QgsField (added docs to qgsfield.h) Updated doxygen mainpage section in qgis.h Added What's this? help to main application window Added providers/delimitedtext and associated source files to CVS

2004-02-27 [gs] 0.1.0devel4 Corrected debug statements in main.cpp and added a bit of verbiage to the help text. Removed hard coding of provider types in the QgisApp::addVectorLayer method. Caller must now provide compatible arguments that the designated provider can use to open the data store and fetch data. Changed QgsPgGeoprocessing class to properly call addVectorLayer.

2004-02-27 [ts] Changed cl parser to getopt Moved project loading out of loop that loads layers - you now need to specify --project filename to load a filename. This ensures that you only try to load one project file. Added --snapshot filename parameter that will load layers and project files specified, take a screenie of the map view and save it to disk as filename - this is under construction still. Added saveMapAsImage(QString) to qgisapp so above cl option can be used.

2004-02-26 [ts] Added a tab to raster layer properties dialog to show metadata about the raster layer (using gdal metadata)

2004-02-26 [gs] 0.1.0devel3 Added Version to configure.in. QGIS now displays its version number based on the settings in configure.in

2004-02-24 [gs] Search radius for identifying features on vector layers added to Preferences

2004-02-23 [ts] Save current view to disk as a PNG image

Version 0.1 'Moroz' February 25, 2004

User interface improvements - menu and dialog cleanups and a new icon theme based on Everaldo's Crystal icon set. QGIS can load layers and / or a project on start up by specifying these on the command line. Symbol renderers for simple, graduated, and continuous symbols Raster support for most GDAL formats Raster implementation supports a variety of rendering settings including semi transparent overlays, palette inversion, flexible band to color mapping in multiband images and creation of pseudocolor. Change to a data provider architecture for vector layers. Additional data types can be supported by writing a provider plugin Buffer plugin for PostGIS layers PostgreSQL port number can be specified when making connections Shapefile to PostGIS Import Tool (SPIT) plugin for importing shapefiles into PostgreSQL/PostGIS User guide (HTML and PDF) Install guide (HTML and PDF) Plugin manager to manage loading/unloading of plugins Plugin template to automate the more mundane parts of creating a new plugin. Numerous bug fixes Removed dependency on libpq++ when compiling with PostgreSQL/PostGIS support PostgreSQL/PostGIS layers now rely on GEOS for selecting features

Version 0.0.13 December 8, 2003

New build system (uses GNU Autoconf) Improvement to sorting in attribute table Persistent selections (shapefiles only) Display order can be changed by dragging a layer to a new position in the legend Export QGIS view as a Mapserver map file Fix for crash on SuSE 9.0 when moving mouse in legend area

Version 0.0.12-alpha June 10, 2003

Multiple features displayed with the Identify tool Identify function returns and displays attributes for multiple features found within the search radius Fixes to endian handling on big endian machines Support for PostgreSQL 7.3 schemas for database layers Features in shapefiles can be selected by dragging a selection box or selecting the records in the attribute table Zoom to extent of selected features (Shapefiles only) Bug fix: Bug that prevented reopening of the attribute table once it was initially displayed and closed Bug fix: Bug that prevented lines from being drawn with widths other than 1 pixel Build system has changed for building with PostgreSQL support.

Version 0.0.11-alpha June 10, 2003

Preliminary Plugin Manager implementation Version check under tools menu Version checking uses port 80 to prevent problems with firewalls Fix for PostGIS bug when srid != -1 Fix for PostGIS LINESTRING rendering Database Connections can now be deleted Fixes to Database Connection dialog Fix for crash when opening a shapefile attribute table twice in succession Fix for crash when opening invalid shapefiles

Version 0.0.10-alpha May 13, 2003

*Fixes to project save/open support *Enhancements to plugin tests *Fixes to build system (gdal link problem)

Version 0.0.9-alpha January 25, 2003

*Preliminary project save/open support *Streamlined build system

Version 0.0.8-alpha December 11, 2002

*During repaint, the data store is only accessed if map state or extent has changed *Changes to layer properites aren't effective until the Layer Properties dialog is closed *Canceling the Layer Properties dialog cancels changes

Version 0.0.7-alpha November 30, 2002

*Changes to the build system to allow building with/without PostgeSQL support

Version 0.0.6a-alpha November 27, 2002

*Fix to build problems introduced at 0.0.6. No new features are included in this release.

Version 0.0.6-alpha November 24, 2002

*Improved handling/management of PostGIS connections *Password prompt if the password is not stored with a connection *Windows size and position and toolbar docking state is saved/restored *Identify function for layers *Attribute table for a layer can be displayed and sorted by clicking on column headers *Duplicate layers (layers with same name) are now handled properly

Version 0.0.5-alpha October 5, 2002

Removing a layer from the map no longer crashes the application
Fixed multiple render bug when adding a layer
Data source is shown in Layer Properties dialog
Display name of a layer can be changed using the Layer Properties dialog
Line widths can be set for a layer using the Layer Properties dialog
Zoom out now works
Zoom Previous added to toolbar
Toolbar has been rearranged and new icons added
Help|About QGis now contains Version, What's New, and License information

Version 0.0.4-alpha August 15, 2002

Added Layer Properties dialog
User can set color for layers
Added right-click menu to the layer list in legend
Layers can be removed using the right-click menu (buggy)
Moved the KDevelop project file qgis.kdevprj to the src sub-directory
Fixed multiple repaint bug that occurred when more than one layer was added at a time
Fixed bug that caused a full refresh at the beginning of a pan operation

Version 0.0.3-alpha August 10, 2002

Support for shapefiles and other vector formats
Improved handling of extents when adding layers
Primitive legend that allows control of layer visibility
About Quantum GIS implemented
Other internal changes

July 26, 2002 Drawing code now properly displays layers and calculates extents when zooming. Zoom is still fixed zoom in rather than interactive.

July 20, 2002 Repaint automatic for layers.

July 18, 2002 Point, line and polygon PostGis layers can be drawn. Still issues with map extent and positioning of layers on the canvas. Drawing is manual and not tied to the paint event. No zooming or panning yet.

July 10, 2002 Layers can be selected and added to the map canvas collection however the rendering code is currently disabled and being reorganized. So if you add a layer, nothing will be drawn...

July 6, 2002 This code is preliminary and really has no true functionality other than the ability to define a PostGIS connection and display the spatially enabled tables that could be loaded.

This is the initial import of the code base into CVS on Sourceforge.net.

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