1. Flexible and powerful spatial data management. Support for raster, vector, mesh, and point cloud data in a range of industry-standard formats. Raster formats include: GeoPackage, GeoTIFF, GRASS, ArcInfo binary and ASCII grids, ERDAS Imagine SDTS, WMS, WCS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and other GDAL supported formats.

Downloading sample data Starting and stopping QGIS Sample Session: Loading raster and vector layers This chapter provides a quick overview of installing QGIS, downloading QGIS sample data, and running a first simple session visualizing raster and vector data. 5.1. Installing QGIS