Here we collect answers to question which come up very often.
We will start of with this one page, maybe restructure it into sections, or even more pages if needed
If you are going to ask QGIS related question via the mailing lists, please provide enough information to help others easily understand what your problem is. Without a clear and precise question, it is very hard to answer for anybody or takes just too much time because the answer will be a question to you etc etc. You may provide information such as:
Keep in mind that the more precise is your question, the quicker and more accurate can be the answer.
Note
In case of a broken function, you may give a look at QGIS issue tracker before mailing to the list. More information at Bugs, Features and Issues.
After a succesfull developer meeting in Zurich (Switzerland), we decided that the next release should be related to it. Since then, all releases have been named after locations of our developer meetings.
To cite QGIS in your piece of work, or for an assignment, this general citation might be helpful: “QGIS Development Team (YEAR). QGIS Geographic Information System. Open Source Geospatial Foundation Project. http://qgis.osgeo.org”.
Yes you can… BUT depending on your Operating System, it is more or less difficult.
If you are under Windows and are using the OSGeo4w installer, it is included.
If you are using OS X, you can find the ECW plugin and install instructions at http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks
For other instructions, eg look here: http://www.faunalia.com/content/adding-ecw-support-quantum-gis
Yes, compiling QGIS from source is possible whatever OS you use (Windows, OS X, Linux). Please read Building QGIS from source