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Re: Bug#217237: ITP: qgis -- A Geographic Information System (GIS)



On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 09:21, Steve Halasz wrote:
> * Package name    : qgis
>   Version         : 0.0.12
>   Upstream Author : Name <gsherman@users.sourceforge.net>
                      ^^^^ who?

> * URL             : http://qgis.sourceforge.net/
> * License         : GPL
>   Description     : A Geographic Information System (GIS)
                      ^ Drop the 'A'

> Quantum GIS (QGIS) is designed to be a Geographic Information System 
> (GIS) built for Linux/Unix. QGIS will offer support for vector, raster 
> (still to do), and database formats.

What is a Geographical Information System? A one or two-line definition
should probably be part of the long description.

> Features:
> 
>    1. Support for spatially enabled PostGIS tables
>    2. Support for shapefiles
>    3. Identify features
>    4. Display attribute table
>    5. Select features (shapefiles only)

You might want to turn this into a paragraph instead of a list.

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