Ellipse marker in QGIS
Marco Hugentobler has added a new marker type called “Ellipse” to QGIS. It looks like this
You can use this type of marker to create not only ellipses but also other shapes such as rectangles, triangles or crosses. Both the height and width of the marker can be changed; all basic parameters (fill colour, outline colour and thickness, rotation) are available, and most properties can be data-defined.
In the future, the Ellipse marker will be merged with the Simple marker.