QGIS 2.8 LTR Released

Alex March 5 Geonews 1 Comment 345 Views

Releases of the popular open source desktop GIS software QGIS are always good news, and it is now at version QGIS 2.8 LTR.

LTR what? “LTR stands for “Long Term Release”. This means that QGIS now has a system in place to provide a one-year stable release with backported bug fixes. The idea behind LTR is to have a stable platform for enterprises and organizations that don’t want update their software and training materials more often than once a year.”

Here’s the official visual changelog and its table of content:

  • General
    • - Feature: Enter expressions into spin boxes
    • - Feature: Bookmarks can be imported/exported
    • - Feature: Improvements to expressions
    • - Feature: Continuous testing framework and QA improvements
  • Analysis tools
    • - Feature: Measure dialog improvements
  • Browser
    • - More responsive browser
  • Data Providers
    • - Feature: Support for contextual WMS legend graphics
  • Data management
    • - Feature: Custom prefix for joins
    • - Feature: Support for creation of temporary memory layers
    • - Feature: Support for calculations on selected rows
  • Digitising
    • - Feature: Advanced digitizing tools
    • - Feature: Improved simplify tool
    • - Feature: Snapping improvements
  • Layer Legend
    • - Feature: Show rule-based renderer’s legend as a tree
  • Map Composer
    • - Feature: Composer GUI Improvements
    • - Feature: Grid improvements
    • - Feature: Label item margins
  • Plugins
    • - Feature: Python console improvements
  • Processing
    • - Feature: New geometric predicate parameter type
    • - Feature: New algorithms
  • Programmability
    • - Feature: Add comment functionality to expressions
    • - Feature: Custom expression function editor
    • - Feature: Qt5 support
    • - Feature: Bulk loading spatial index
    • - Feature: Run only the selected part of a SQL query
  • QGIS Server
    • - Feature: Server python plugins
    • - Feature: Support for layer styles
    • - Feature: Add DescribeLayer Method to WMS
  • Symbology
    • - Feature: Raster image fill type
    • - Feature: Live heatmap renderer
    • - Feature: Multiple styles per layer
    • - Feature: More data-defined symbology settings
    • - Feature: DXF export: improve marker symbol export
    • - Feature: Map rotation in canvas, improved rotation in composer
  • User Interface
    • - Feature: Improved/consistent projection selection

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