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Update README.md: major new features
Updated readme to include major new features added since 3.18, plus some wordsmithing of existing text.
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### 1. Flexible and powerful spatial data management
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- Supports raster, vector, mesh, and point cloud data in a range of industry-standard formats
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- Support for raster, vector, mesh, and point cloud data in a range of industry-standard formats
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- *Raster formats include*: GeoPackage, GeoTIFF, GRASS, ArcInfo binary and ASCII grids, ERDAS Imagine SDTS, WMS, WCS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and [other GDAL supported formats](https://gdal.org/drivers/raster/index.html).
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- *Vector formats include*: GeoPackage, ESRI shapefiles, GRASS, SpatiaLite, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, MSSQL, Oracle, WFS, Vector Tiles and [other OGR supported formats](http://www.gdal.org/ogr_formats.html).
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- *Mesh formats include*: NetCDF, GRIB, 2DM, and [other MDAL supported formats](https://github.com/lutraconsulting/MDAL#supported-formats).
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- *Point-cloud format*: LAS/LAZ and EPT datasets.
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- Access and display local files, spatial databases (PostGIS, SpatiaLite, SQL Server, Oracle, SAP HANA), web services (WMS, WCS, WFS, ArcGIS REST services), tile services, etc. <!-- removed DB2 due to https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/41178 -->
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- Visual and numerical digitizing and editing
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- Data abstraction framework, with local files, spatial databases (PostGIS, SpatiaLite, SQL Server, Oracle, SAP HANA), and web services (WMS, WCS, WFS, ArcGIS REST) all accessed through a unified data model and browser interface, and as flexible layers in user-created projects
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- Spatial data creation via visual and numerical digitizing and editing, as well as georeferencing of raster and vector data
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- On-the-fly reprojection between coordinate reference systems (CRS)
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- Nominatim (OpenStreetMap) geocoder access
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- Temporal support
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*Example: Temporal animation*
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### 2. Beautiful cartography
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- Large variety of rendering options in 2D and 3D
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- Fine control over symbology, labeling, legends and additional graphical elements for beautifully rendered maps
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- Near-complete replication (and significant extension) of symbology options that are available in proprietary software by ESRI
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- Respect for embedded styling in many spatial data sources (e.g. KML and TAB files, Mapbox-GL styled vector tiles)
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- In particular, near-complete replication (and significant extension) of symbology options that are available in proprietary software by ESRI
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- Advanced styling using data-defined overrides, blending modes, and draw effects
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- 500+ built-in color ramps (cpt-city, ColorBrewer, etc.)
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- Create and update maps with specified scale, extent, style, and decorations via saved layouts
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- Generate multiple maps (and reports) automatically using QGIS Atlas and QGIS Reports
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- Display and export elevation profile plots with flexible symbology
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- Flexible output direct to printer, or as image (raster), PDF, or SVG for further customization
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- On-the-fly rendering enhancements using geometry generators (e.g. create and style new geometries from existing features)
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- Preview modes for inclusive map making (e.g. monochrome, color blindness)
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![Example: Plugins](images/README-md/plugins_1.png "Plugins")
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<!-- Kill this one for now, since the example provided is Python2 not 3
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Example: Python console
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![Example: Python console](https://docs.qgis.org/latest/en/_images/python_console_editor.png "Python console")

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