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\section{Using QGIS Core Plugins}\label{sec:core_plugins}\index{plugins!core}

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QGIS currently contains 17 core plugins that can be loaded using the Plugin Manager.
Table \ref{tab:core_plugins} lists each of the core plugins along with a
description of their purpose and the toolbar-icon.\footnote{The MapServer
Export Plugin and the Plugin Installer Plugin are external Python Plugins,
but they are part of the QGIS sources and automatically loaded and selectable 
inside the QGIS Plugin Manager.}

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\begin{table}[H]
\centering
\caption{QGIS Core Plugins}\label{tab:core_plugins}\medskip
\small
 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|p{4in}|}
\hline \textbf{Icon} & \textbf{Plugin} & \textbf{Description}\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{delimited_text}
 & Add Delimited Text Layer \index{plugins!delimited text} & Loads and displays delimited text files containing x,y coordinates\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{coordinate_capture}
 & Coordinate Capture \index{plugins!coordinate capture}& Capture mouse coordinate in different CRS\\
\hline 
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{copyright_label}
 & Copyright Label \index{plugins!copyright}& Draws a copyright label with information\\
\hline 
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{dxf2shp_converter}
 & DXF2Shape Converter \index{plugins!DXF2Shape}& Converts from DXF to SHP file format\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{gps_importer}
 & GPS Tools \index{plugins!gps}& Tools for loading and importing GPS data\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{grass}
 & GRASS \index{plugin!grass toolbox} & Activates the mighty GRASS Toolbox\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{georeferencer}
 & Georeferencer \index{plugin!georeferencer} & Adding projection info to Rasterfiles\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{grid_maker}
 & Graticule Creator \index{plugins!graticule}& Create a latitude/longitude grid and save as a shapefile\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{interpolation}
& Interpolation plugin \index{plugins!Interpolation}& Interpolation on base of vertices of a vector layer\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{mapserver_export}
& MapServer Export Plugin \index{plugins!MapServer Export}& Export a saved QGIS project file to a MapServer map file \\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{north_arrow}
& North Arrow \index{plugins!north arrow}& Displays a north arrow overlayed onto the map\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{ogr_converter}
 & OGR Layer Converter \index{plugins!OGR converter} & Translate vector
layers between OGR suported formats\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{plugin_installer}
 & Plugin Installer \index{plugins!Plugin Installer} & Downloads and installs QGIS python plugins\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{spiticon}
 & SPIT \index{plugins!spit}& Shapefile to PostgreSQL/PostGIS Import Tool \\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{quick_print}
 & Qucik Print \index{plugins!quick print}& Quickly print a map with minimal
effort \\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{scale_bar}
 & Scalebar \index{plugins!scalebar}& Draws a scale bar\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.6cm]{mIconAddWfsLayer}
 & WFS & Load and display WFS layer \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
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\begin{Tip}\caption{\textsc{Plugins Settings Saved to Project}}\index{plugins settings}
\qgistip{When you save a .qgs project, any changes you have made to NorthArrow, ScaleBar and Copyright plugins will be saved in the project and restored next time you load the project.}
\end{Tip}
