We've worked hard to make GIS software (which is traditionally expensive commercial software) a viable prospect for anyone with basic access to a Personal Computer. The project was born in May of 2002 and was established as a project on SourceForge in June of the same year. README for QGIS - QGIS is an Open Source Geographic Information System.
QGIS is built on top of and proud to be itself Free and Open Source Software. QGIS is a professional GIS application and developer platform.
