This screencast shows you how to load vector and raster data into GRASS using the QGIS-GRASS plugin.

This screencast is ~ 9 minutes long and includes importing a shapefile and TIFF into a GRASS mapset.

This screencast shows you how to create a new GRASS location using QGIS version 0.8.1 or higher. You should have some sample data in hand if you wish to follow along.

Please note that I use the words layer and map interchangeably. Strictly speaking, in GRASS a mapset contains maps and a map contains one or more layers.

The slides from my presentation "Quantum GIS - Five Years and Counting" are available (PDF, 3MB).

This is basically a "where we came from, where we are, and where we are going" update on the project.

The workbook from the "Shuffling Quantum GIS into the Open Source Software Stack" workshop at FOSS4G2007 is now available as a PDF (1.3MB).

The LiveCD used at the FOSS4G2007 QGIS workshop is now available for download.

You can download it from http://spatialserver.net/qgis-workshop-r3.iso (569MB). You'll need to burn the ISO to CD using appropriate software for your operating system.

To use the CD, make sure your PC is set up to boot from CD and reboot. On an Intel Mac, insert the CD and hold down the 'c' key when rebooting.

For the QGIS Workshop at the FOSS4G2007 conference we will be using a live CD. The CD works on PCs and Intel Macs and includes QGIS 0.8.1 and 0.9 preview, GRASS, FWTools, PostgreSQL with PostGIS, and Python.

We are planning a "Birds of a Feather" (BOF) meeting for the QGIS community at FOSS4G2007. For details on time and location, see the BOF wiki page.

If you plan to attend, could you please shoot me an email (sherman at mrcc dot com) so I can get an idea of how many folks will be attending?

Thanks and hope to see you at the conference and the QGIS BOF session.

I'm working up some statistics for my presentation at FOSS4G2007. To that end, I'd like to get a feel for the operating systems used with QGIS. We have a new poll up on qgis.org. If you could take a moment and vote, it would be very helpful. I plan to contrast the results with a similar poll we took a year or so ago.

Thanks to William Kyngesburye a binary for Mac OS X is now available. The binary requires additional framework packages, all of which are available from the Kyng Chaos website. See http://download.qgis.org for more information and the link to the frameworks.

There are currently two vacancies on the QGIS Project Steering Committee (PSC). These vacancies are for the Community Advisor and Financial/Marketing Advisor seats.

Nominations are now open for these two vacancies. Please see http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/Call_for_Nominations_June_2007 for complete information on the requirements and qualifications, as well as how to nominate someone.