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QGIS How To’s

Sriharsha Vankadara — Fri, 06 May 2011 20:33:17 +0000

Underdark at Free and Open Source GIS Ramblings reports of a great new addition to the QGIS Wiki – a set of step by step tutorials complete with graphics and categorized into tasks dealing with vectors, rasters, map projections, spatial analyses, format conversion and map making. This is a great reference for anyone just beginning to get their feet wet as well as for existing users trying to get a glimpse of the latest features.

Install Quantum GIS 1.4.0 on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Sriharsha Vankadara — Sun, 02 May 2010 01:44:28 +0000

With all the rave reviews that Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx has been getting over the past couple of months, I couldn’t help myself upgrading and checking out the exciting new features and the enhanced interface, which I think was a much needed overhaul for the best desktop Linux OS.

A new version meant fresh installation of all the open source GIS goodies starting with QGIS. The latest version 1.4.0-Enceladus for Lucid is already available in the Launchpad UbuntuGIS repository and with a new command (add-apt-repository) for updating /etc/apt/sources.list with locations of repositories, the installation is simple and straightforward.

Bring up the terminal and issue the following commands.

Add the repository using:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable

Make apt aware of the new repository:

sudo apt-get update

Install QGIS

sudo apt-get install qgis

Once the installation is done, open QGIS from Applications -> Science -> Quantum GIS

Quantum GIS 1.0.1 available for Ubuntu 9.04

Sriharsha Vankadara — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:18:00 +0000

Just a quick heads up for all open-source GIS enthusiasts. Quantum GIS 1.0.1 aka “Kore” is now available in repositories for the new Ubuntu Jaunty release.

For first time users, here are steps to help you guide through the installation.

Bring up the terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal)

Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list by issuing the command sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.lists

Scroll down to the end of the page and paste the following lines:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/qgis/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/qgis/ubuntu jaunty main

Saving and closing the file, brings back the prompt.

Update the package lists using the command, sudo apt-get update

Install Quantum GIS with sudo apt-get install qgis

Ignore any GPG errors that show up for public keys that are not available.

Access Quantum GIS from Applications -> Education -> Quantum GIS