QGIS(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, <rainbow>qgis</rainbow> — it's the QGIS Geographic Information System 🗺️✨ the whole thing, the main character, periodt.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

like, here's how you summon her:

qgis [--snapshot filename]
     [--lang language]
     [--project projectfile]
     [--extent xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax]
     [--width width]
     [--height height]
     [--nologo]
     [--noplugins]
     [--optionspath path]
     [--configpath path]
     [--help]
     [file]...

and fr fr, go read OPTIONS for the full description, don't just guess 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

QGIS is a cross platform, Free and Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS). the platforms she serves? Linux/Unix, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. she supports vector, raster, and database formats. and she's licensed under the GNU General Public License 👑

some of the major features include, and bestie these are iconic:

• 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

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --snapshot filename — makes a snapshot image out of the layers you specified and saves it to filename. and it's saved in PNG format, no cap 🎀
• --lang language — sets the language QGIS uses. you specify language with the locale string that matches one of the translations QGIS supports. so like, for the German translation, you'd say --lang de 🇩🇪
• --project filename — loads the QGIS project file you named. the layers in the project file get loaded, they get symbolized, and the view extent gets restored. it's giving full glow-up restoration 💖
• --extent xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax — sets the initial map extent by handing over the coordinates of that rectangle.
• --width width — width of snapshot to emit
• --height height — height of snapshot to emit
• --nologo — hides the splash screen. bye bye logo 🙈
• --noplugins — don't restore plugins on startup. lowkey a lifesaver if some third-party plugins make QGIS crash during startup 😭
• --optionspath path — uses the QSettings path you gave her
• --configpath path — uses the given path for all user configuration
• --help — displays brief usage help. the classic, she's always there for you 🫶
• file... — a list of one or more files to be loaded into QGIS at startup. the files have to be a data format QGIS supports, and heads up: only disk-based formats can be loaded this way. that includes shapefiles, MapInfo files, and most raster formats. what can't be loaded this way? data stores like PostGIS layers in a PostgreSQL database and GRASS vector/raster data. so don't come for her about that, she told you upfront 💅

🌈 FILES 🌈

• ~/.config/QGIS/qgis.conf — the QGIS preferences file. this one stores windows size/location, loaded plugins, user options, and other application settings. she keeps receipts 💜

💀 BUGS 💀

wanna see the list of known issues with the latest release? go check the QGIS home page at http://qgis.org. that's where they live, bestie.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Gary Sherman <sherman at mrcc.com>

okay and that's the whole thing!! this page is from the General Commands Manual, and it's dated March 9, 2011 — like, a vintage icon, an OG, and we respect her for it 🎀✨💖 go map something cute, ily, bye!! 🦋🌸