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diff --git a/geography/qgis/DESCR b/geography/qgis/DESCR index c57c315ab19..265947b6d9d 100644 --- a/geography/qgis/DESCR +++ b/geography/qgis/DESCR @@ -1,10 +1,6 @@ -Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System -(GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS is an official -project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It runs on Linux, -Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows and supports numerous vector, raster, and database -formats and functionalities. - -Quantum GIS provides a continously growing number of capabilities provided by -core functions and plugins. You can visualize, manage, edit, analyse data, and -compose printable maps. Get a first impression with some screenshots and a more -detailed feature list. +QGIS aims to be an easy to use GIS, providing common functions and +features. The initial goal was to provide a GIS data viewer. QGIS has +reached that point in its evolution and is being used by many for their +daily GIS data viewing and editing needs. QGIS supports a number of raster +and vector data formats, with new support easily added using the plugin +architecture. |