Development started in 2002 by Gary Sherman
## QGIS, today
QGIS is at:
* Stable: QGIS 3.8.2 'Zanzibar' (16.08.2019)
* LTR: QGIS 3.4.11 'Madeira'
* GNU/Linux - OS X - MS Windows - Android (QField)
* GRASS, Saga, OTB modules accessible from the QGIS GUI
QGIS is a project within OSGEO
The Open Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a non-profit non-governmental organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open geospatial technologies and data.
QGIS Features useful to planetary scientist
- OGC Web-Services: WMS, WFS(-T), CSW, WCS
- (Planetary) geologic mapping capabilities
- Stream digitizing
- Geologic symbology available
- Printproof: legends, grids, scales
- opens Planetary Data System v4 images/maps
OWS support in QGIS
USGS WMS basemaps
Crater mapping/statistics
PDS4 support in QGIS
CaSSIS data from PSA and in QGIS
Step one: Select data from PSA (or PDS)
PDS4 support in QGIS
CaSSIS data from PSA and in QGIS
Step two: Download data from PSA (or PDS)
PDS4 support in QGIS
CaSSIS data from PSA and in QGIS
Step three: Visualize PDS4 image data in QGIS
Acknowledgements
A special thanks goes to the all the QGIS/FOSS4G developers, contributors and sponsors, and planetary data users testing these tools!
that's it!
... and that's only the beginning!
Audience: demo of paricular aspect? Questions?