QGIS 2.6 Released

QGIS is amongst the most featureful open source desktop GIS out there, it just got better this week with the release of QGIS 2.6 ‘Brighton’. The visual changelog offers a long description of the new features and improvements. Here’s the index, please follow the link to read the details and see the accompanying screenshots:

  • General
    • Feature: Project filename in properties
    • Feature: Allow removing last point while measuring via del/backspace keys
    • Feature: select related feature on the canvas from the relation reference widget
    • Feature: Editor widgets
    • Feature: Optionally use just a subset of fields from the joined layer
    • Feature: Expression field (virtual fields)
    • Feature: Actions can now have an associated icon
    • Feature: Additional expressions types and options
    • Feature: Classes within graduated and categorised renderers can be toggled
    • Feature: Legend improvements
  • Data Providers
    • Feature: DXF export improvements
  • Map Composer
    • Feature: Control over hiding print composer items from prints/exports
    • Feature: Control over page printing for empty composer frames
    • Feature: Item tree panel
    • Feature: More control over appearance of composer arrow/line items
    • Feature: Data defined control of composer items
    • Feature: Composer images can be specifed as remote URLS
    • Feature: Composer Table improvements
    • Feature: Composer improvements
    • Feature: Improved item snapping
    • Feature: Multiple overviews for a map item
    • Feature: HTML item improvements
    • Feature: Composer map grid improvements
  • Processing
    • Feature: On-line collection of models and scripts
    • Feature: New modeler implementation
  • Programmability
    • Feature: API changes for QGIS widgets
  • QGIS Server
    • Feature: Enhancements of searching with GetFeatureInfo request
    • Feature: Add a precision setting for GetFeatureInfo geometry attributes
  • Symbology
    • Feature: Better random colour choice
    • Feature: Symbology user interface improvements
  • User Interface
    • Feature: Syntax highlighting code editor
    • Feature: Color palettes
    • Feature: New color picker dialog
    • Feature: Single select feature tool merged into select by rectangle
    • Feature: Add layer to map canvas behaviour
    • Feature: Add icon size 48 and 64
    • Feature: New colour buttons
    • Feature: Context menu for identify tool

There’s also other recent QGIS-related entries that are of interest:

  • QGIS Compared: GIS Analysis,comparing hillshading, attribute calculation, generalizing, models and more
  • There’s also a short entry on QGIS Inverse Shapeburst Fills

Screenshot of multiple overviews within a map:

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