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Making the Case for QGIS
Neil Benny, thinkWhere6th October 2015
The Open Source GIS
Model
QGIS – How it all fits
together
Favourite Features in
QGIS
Open Source Model
Open Source software is
becoming more popular and widespread
Financial Climate
The UK Public Sector is subject to significant cuts in funding.
In Wales Local Authority spending is being cut by 3.8% in this year.
With savings increasingly difficult to find, software licenses must come under scrutiny.
More to come
There has been an 8% reduction in the overall Welsh Assembly Government funding since 2012
A further £50m of cuts are forecast for next financial year.
UK Public Sector Spend
£200,000,0002010-2014 (source: Guardian
29/1/2014)£800,000,000Projection 2010-2014 (source: Computer World 28/03/2012)
A new view of IT
Invest in your people, not expensive
software licenses
The commercial way
License Fees
Expensive Training
Budget Cuts
Training Cuts
The commercial way
Commercial LicensesTraining
CostsStaff Salaries
IT Overheads
Commercial Licenses Staff SalariesIT
Overheads Now
What?
The Open Source Way
Financial Savings
Money for training –first time in years
Higher productivity
New ways of working
More Savings
You can get rid of your expensive commercial
licenses….
QGIS Delivers
Flexible Functionality Lower Costs
Just one thing…
Underinvesting in training is the number 1 mistake you
can make when switching to Open Source
Changing to QGIS
Team QGIS
Team Arc
v
However…
QGIS has better functionality and better
performance than commercial alternatives
So…
Once users realise the reason behind this change and have the time to get to grips with it, they usually come round.
Motivation
Organisation A wants a
programme developed
They pay a developer to make it for them as an
open source project
Organisation B Uses the
programme, but wants to make it
better
They pay a developer to improve the programme
Organisation A gets the
improved programme for
free
Organisation B gets the improved programme cheaper than a new
programme would have cost
The Open Source GIS
Model
QGIS – How it all fits
together
Favourite Features in
QGIS
QGIS
July 2002 – First Version of QGIS came out, named for the developer’s pets.
January 2008 –Version 0.9, “Ganymede” brings new professionalism to Quantum
April 2013 –Version 2.0 brings together a new interface and better functionality. Now known as simply QGIS.
20152002
QGIS 2.10 - Pisa Long Term release remains 2.8
QGIS in Context
OSGeo is the organisation that looks after QGIS. They support the development of lots of different Open Source GIS packages.
To support the collaborative development of open source geospatial software, and promote its widespread use.
So How Do You Start?
It’s simple to download QGIS and get started on it – go to
www.qgis.org
And download the installer
Interested in Training?
thinkWhere offer training
packages starting from
£250.
Beginners Courses, Conversion Courses and Advanced courses in QGIS and PostGIS
All training courses include 30 days FREE support
Interested in Support?
thinkWhere offer support
packages starting from
£450. Telephone support for QGIS, PostGIS, installation, upgrades and training.
The Open Source GIS
Model
QGIS – How it all fits
together
Favourite Features in
QGIS
The Open Source GIS
Model
QGIS – How it all fits
together
Favourite Features in
QGIS
Ease of Use
Flexible Print Composer
Flexible Symbology
Automation & Scripting
Batch Processing
Graphical Modeller
Plugins
Group Stats
Memory Layer
Autotrace
MMQGIS
Customisation
Database Connectivity
Serious Spatial Analysis
New Features in 2.12…
• New labelling Engine
• Draw Effects
• Authentication
I’m liking the cartography
Questions
