Quantum GIS - A Geographic Information System

qgis [--snapshot filename]

[--lang language]

[--project projectfile]

[--help]

[file]...

See OPTIONS for a full description.

Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a Geographic Information System (GIS) built for Linux/Unix. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU Public License.

Some of the major features include:

*Support for spatially enabled PostGIS tables

*Support for shapefiles, ArcInfo coverages, Mapinfo, and other formats supported by OGR

*Raster support for a large number of formats

*Identify features

*Display attribute tables

*Select features

*GRASS Digitizing

*Feature labeling

--snapshot filename

Create a snapshot image from the specified layers and save it to filename. The snapshot is saved in PNG format.

--lang language

Set the language used by QGIS. Language is specified using the locale string that matches one of the translations supported by QGIS. For example, to use the German translation, specify --lang de

--project filename

Load the specified QGIS project file. The layers specified in the project file are loaded, the layers are symbolized, and the view extent is restored.

--help

Display brief usage help.

file...

A list of one or more files to be loaded into QGIS at startup. Files must consist of a data format supported by QGIS and only disk-based formats can be loaded using this method. This includes shapefiles, MapInfo files, and most raster formats. Data stores that cannot be loaded in this way include PostGIS layers in a PostgreSQL database and GRASS vector/raster data.

~/.qt/qgisrc

QGIS preferences file. This file stores windows size/location, loaded plugins, user options, and other application settings.

See the QGIS home page (http://qgis.org) for a list of known issues with the latest release.

Gary Sherman <sherman at mrcc.com>