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Tips, resources, and articles for QGIS users

The QGIS Visual Changelog Series

Catch up on nearly a decade of QGIS releases through the Visual Changelog video series on YouTube — one short video per release.

ImportPhotos: A Cyprus-Built QGIS Plugin Passes 500,000 Downloads

ImportPhotos, an open-source QGIS plugin developed by the KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence, has passed 500,000 downloads and is now QGIS 4 ready.

GIS Day in Cyprus

QGIS Cyprus has taken part in GIS Day every year — hosted with the University of Cyprus (KIOS Research) and the Cyprus University of Technology, bringing international keynote speakers to Cyprus.

QSU2: Bringing CFD Simulation Setup into QGIS

QSU2 is an open-source QGIS plugin that exports .su2 files for computational fluid dynamics simulations, built by the KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence.

Mapping Cyprus' Population with QGIS and qgis2web

An interactive map and table of Cyprus' 2021 population, built in QGIS from Statistical Service preliminary results and published on the web with the qgis2web plugin.

QChatGPT — Bringing AI to QGIS

QChatGPT is a QGIS plugin that brings AI chat, voice input, and code execution into the QGIS console — built by the QGIS Cyprus community and downloaded thousands of times in its first days.

Cyprus in Motion: Animated Maps from Open Data

A look at animated QGIS visualisations of open Cyprus datasets — earthquake activity, wind speed and direction, and monthly tourist arrivals.

QGIS Tips & Tricks

A collection of short QGIS how-to videos covering plugins, workflows, and how to load historical Cyprus orthophotos from the DLS portal.