= News =

 * 2012-04-28 - Pilot project of CMake configuration for GDAL is being developed internally by [http://www.kitware.com/ Kitware]. It should be delivered soon, so stay tuned. Once first beta is released to the public, it will be available for testing, improvements

 * 2012-04-19 - [http://www.kitware.com/news/home/browse/CMake%3F2012_04_19%26CMake+2.8.8+is+Now+Available CMake 2.8.8 is Now Available] with the OBJECT library feature.

 * 2012-03-19 - Brad King from Kitware committed new [http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake-developers/2012-March/003693.html CMake OBJECT feature] which is fundamental for CMake configuration for GDAL. Check [http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake/Tutorials/Object_Library CMake Object Library] tutorial for details.

 * 2014-03-25 - Dmitry Baryshnikov (OSGeo nickname - Bishop) is already working for a while on CMake project files for OGR/GDAL as a part of NextGIS project. You can find source code here: [https://github.com/aashish24/gdal-svn/tree/cmake4gdal]. Full Windows CMake build tutorial with dependencies (with some exceptions) for GDAL/OGR here: [http://gis-lab.info/qa/gdal19-vs2010.html] (in Russian).

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= CMake =

This page is dedicated to discuss details of proposal, design and implementation of [http://cmake.org/ CMake] configuration for GDAL.

In 2009, idea of CMake for GDAL was [http://mateusz.loskot.net/2009/09/28/building-liblas-with-cmake/ roughly discussed] by Emmanuel Christophe and eventually a prototype project had launched at http://code.google.com/p/gdal-cmake/ but suspended a few months later and the project disappeared from Google Code. The CMake adoption for OSGeo/FOSS4G projects continued with very good results, for example QGIS, libLAS, GEOS, GeoTIFF as well as FOSS in general (KDE, clang). So, the idea of CMake configuration for GDAL was [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2010-June/024910.html still alive] in the community.

At FOSS4G 2011, the CMake for GDAL received some attention with follow-up on the mailing list [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2011-October/030334.html announcing CMake For GDAL] may get potential support from [http://www.kitware.com/ Kitware]. 

CMake is a highly capable cross-platform build system. It is a meta-build system able to generate native build configurations for number of development toolsets on variety of platforms. CMake configuration would be very beneficial for GDAL users and developers. Let get the thing done.