Nyall Dawson, North Road Consulting

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Qt in a massive open-source desktop application - Video

QGIS is a mature, open-source desktop mapping application used by millions worldwide, built entirely on the Qt framework. Qt's power and ease-of-use have enabled QGIS to become a respected tool for professional cartographic design and spatial data analysis. This talk explores how QGIS leverages Qt, examines Qt's strengths and weaknesses, and shares practical Qt development tips learned from the project.

Nyall Dawson, North Road Consulting

Proprietor of North Road Consulting

Nyall has been a developer with the QGIS project since 2013. During this time he has contributed over 5000 additions to the project, and today is one of the most active developers on the project. Nyall’s contributions cover a wide range of areas – from improvements to the map rendering and symbology engines, enhancements to labeling and print layout functionality, right through to optimisations of the underlying spatial processing algorithms utilised by QGIS. Nyall is the proprietor of North Road Consulting, an Australian based spatial development consultancy which predominantly utilises international co-funding and crowd-funding campaigns to finance development into open source GIS applications.