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Getting ready for our user conference and contributor meeting in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

February 27, 2023 by Anita Graser in QGIS Hackfest QGIS User Conference

In a few weeks, our 25th Contributor Meeting and International QGIS User Conference uc2023.qgis.nl will take off on 18 April. Register or become a speaker yourself. For details on all the exciting opportunities to get involved, check out the introduction by our awesome organizing team:

Status Update on 2023 Crowd-Funding

February 16, 2023 by Anita Graser in QGIS Funding

An amazing 30 new sustaining members have already answered our crowd-funding call raising total member contributions to €158,000 annually. We are particularly happy to welcome our first medium-level university sustaining member, the University of Zurich, Department of Geography: New medium…

Plugin Update January 2023

February 15, 2023 by Anita Graser in Plugin update

This month has been busy with 20 new plugins in the QGIS plugin repository. Since it can be challenging to stay up to date, our monthly plugin update provides you a quick overview of the newest plugins. If any of the names or short descriptions piques your interest, you can find the direct link to…

Crowd-Funding Call 2023

January 16, 2023 by Anita Graser in QGIS Funding

QGIS turned 20 last year. Help us get ready for the next 20+ years by becoming a sustaining member! We want to ensure another 20+ years of sustainable development to keep on bringing the most user-friendly GIS to users worldwide. This year (2023), we, therefore, plan to focus on addressing…

Save the date: QGIS user conference and contributor meeting in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

January 2, 2023 by Anita Graser in QGIS Hackfest QGIS User Conference

We are happy to announce that our 25th Contributor Meeting will be held in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands from 20 to 23 April 2023. uc2023.qgis.nl Leading up to the contributor meeting, we will also have a two-day International QGIS User Conference, on 18 & 19 April. QGIS Contributors…

Plugin Update December 2022

December 29, 2022 by Anita Graser in Plugin update

The QGIS plugin repository currently lists 1752 plugins and the list keeps on growing. This month has been busy with 14 new plugins. It can be challenging to stay up to date. Our monthly plugin update is meant to provide you a quick overview of the newest plugins. If any of the names or short…

Plugin Update November 2022

December 4, 2022 by Anita Graser in Plugin update

The QGIS plugin repository currently lists 1739 plugins and the list keeps on growing. This month has been busy with 12 new plugins. It can be challenging to stay up to date. Our monthly plugin update is meant to provide you a quick overview of the newest plugins. If any of the names or short…

Plugin Update October 2022

November 4, 2022 by Anita Graser in Plugin update

The QGIS plugin repository currently lists 1728 plugins and the list keeps on growing. October has been busy with 15 new plugins. It can be challenging to stay up to date. Our monthly plugin update is meant to provide you a quick overview of the newest plugins. If any of the names or short…

QGIS 3.28 Firenze is released!

October 25, 2022 by Anita Graser in QGIS Release Announcements

We are pleased to announce the release of QGIS 3.28 ‘Firenze’! Installers for all supported operating systems are already out. QGIS 3.28 comes with tons of new features, as you can see in our visual changelog. QGIS 3.28 Firenze is named after this year’s FOSS4G host city. We would…

3rd Crowdfunding on Point Clouds, Elevation Profiles and 3D Map View Enhancements

October 6, 2022 by Andreas Neumann in QGIS Funding

Lutra Consulting, North Road and Hobu are collaborating in a new crowd-funding campaign to extend these capabilities in future QGIS releases! Highlights of the planned improvements include: Point Clouds Creating point cloud processing tools for transformation, management and analysis of point…