Workbook from the QGIS Workshop Available

The workbook from the "Shuffling Quantum GIS into the Open Source Software Stack" workshop at FOSS4G2007 is now available as a PDF (1.3MB).

The workbook is 68 pages and contains the exercises used in the workshop. The workbook coupled with the QGIS LiveCD will allow you to work through the workshop on your own. If you have your own installation of QGIS (0.8.1 & 0.9.0), GRASS, PostgreSQL, and PostGIS you can of course use that instead.

The presentation slides from the workshop are also available (PDF, 2.5MB)

Text file to shapefile

Hi

I am still new to QuantumGIS. I would like to know if there is a way of converting a speradsheet (Excel or Dbf) to a point shapefile. I have tried using a plugin with QuantumGIS 8 without any success.