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QGIS Userbase Analytics

June 16, 2022 by Tim Sutton in Public Service Announcement

Background Understanding which regions QGIS is being used in, which versions are in active use, which platforms it is being used on, and how many users we have is hugely beneficial to our ability as a project to serve our users. Back in 2017 at the bi-annual QGIS hackfest in Nødebo, Denmark, we had…

Save the date: QGIS contributor meeting in Firenze

May 3, 2022 by Anita Graser in QGIS Hackfest

After a long hiatus, we are happy to announce that there will be a another international QGIS Contributor Meeting in conjunction with this year’s FOSS4G in Firenze, Italy from 18 to 22 August 2022. QGIS Contributors Meetings are volunteer-driven events where contributors to the QGIS project…

QGIS Grant Programme 2022 Results

March 12, 2022 by Anita Graser in QGIS Grant Programme

We are extremely pleased to announce the four funded proposals for our 2022 QGIS.ORG grant programme. Funding for the programme was sourced by you, our project donors and sponsors! Note: For more context surrounding our grant programme, please see: QGIS Grants #7: Call for Grant Proposals 2022 These…

Reports from the winning grant proposals 2021

February 5, 2022 by Anita Graser in QGIS Grant Programme

With the QGIS Grant Programme 2021, we were able to support eight proposals that are aimed to improve the QGIS project, including software, infrastructure, and documentation. The following reports summarize the work performed in the proposals. QGIS Server and services documentation (#213) –…

QGIS Annual General Meeting – 2021

February 4, 2022 by Marco Bernasocchi in QGIS Board

Dear QGIS Community We recently held our 2021 QGIS Annual General Meeting. The agenda included approval of the annual report and financial report 2020, as well as the new budget for 2022. The minutes of this meeting are available for all to view. Regards Marco Bernasocchi (QGIS.ORG Chair)

QGIS Grants #7: Call for Grant Proposals 2022

January 16, 2022 by Anita Graser in QGIS Grant Programme

Dear QGIS Community, We are very pleased to announce that this year’s round of grants is now available. The call is open to anybody who wants to make a funded contribution to QGIS, subject to the call conditions outlined in the application form. The deadline for this round is in four weeks, on 13th…

QGIS not affected by Log4J

December 14, 2021 by Anita Graser in Public Service Announcement

The Log4J vulnerability has been dominating recent tech news. Consequently, we’ve received many request asking whether QGIS is affected. Therefore, we’d like to clarify: QGIS is not a Java application. QGIS is built using C++ and Python. QGIS therefore does not use any Java component,…

QGIS LTR 3.16.13 reverted to 3.16.11

November 16, 2021 by Anita Graser in Public Service Announcement

Dear community, Due to some rather severe issues in the 3.16.13 and .12 Windows MSI installers, we decided to temporarily revert back the available download to the latest release without those issues, 3.16.11. The website rebuild has been performed and you’ll see everywhere that…

QGIS 3.22 Białowieża is released!

October 30, 2021 by Anita Graser in QGIS Release Announcements

We are pleased to announce the release of QGIS 3.22 ‘Białowieża’! Installers for all supported operating systems are already out. QGIS 3.22 comes with tons of new features, as you can see in our visual changelog. QGIS 3.22 Białowieża is aimed at celebrating the 100-year anniversary of…

QGIS Open Day – 24 Sept 2021

September 18, 2021 by Anita Graser in Uncategorized

Dear QGIS Users On Friday, 24 September 2021 we will be holding our monthly QGIS Open Day! Programme My QGIS. Each of us has a specialty in QGIS and our own workflows and tricks join this months QGIS Openday to learn from each other. Where to watch Please see the event wiki page at for all the…