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Jun 20, 2017, 1:32:51 AM (7 years ago)
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Mateusz Łoskot
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What does CPL stand for?

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    1818OGR used to stand for ''OpenGIS Simple Features Reference Implementation''. However, since OGR is not fully compliant with the OpenGIS Simple Feature specification and is not approved as a reference implementation of the spec the name was changed to ''OGR Simple Features Library''. The only meaning of OGR in this name is historical. OGR is also the prefix used everywhere in the source of the library for class names, filenames, etc.
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     20== What does CPL stand for? ==
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     22Common Portability Library. Think of it as GDAL internal cross-platform standard library. Back in the early days of GDAL development, when cross-platform development as well as compatibility and standard conformance of compilers was a challenge (or PITA), CPL proved necessary for smooth portability of GDAL/OGR.
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     24CPL, or parts of it, is used by some projects external to GDAL (eg. [https://github.com/mapgears/mitab/ MITAB], [https://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/browser/trunk/libgeotiff libgeotiff]).
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    2026== When was the GDAL project started? ==