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RFC 59 : GDAL/OGR utilities as a library
Authors: Faza Mahamood
Contact: fazamhd at gmail dot com
Status: Development
Implementation version: 2.1
Summary
This RFC defines new function for each GDAL utility. The utility code is modified to call the new function.
Rationale
There is need for calling utilities from the code. But this involves using system calls and cannot work on in-memory datasets.
Changes
The GDAL utilities are modified to use the new functions.
SWIG bindings (Python / Java / C# / Perl) changes
Utilities
Utilities are modified to call the respective function.
Documentation
All new methods/functions are documented.
Test Suite
GDALInfo method is tested in test_gdalinfo_lib.py
Compatibility Issues
Related ticket
Implementation
Implementation will be done by Faza Mahamood.
The proposed implementation lies in the "gdalinfo" branch of the https://github.com/fazam/gdal/tree/gdalinfo.
The list of changes : https://github.com/fazam/gdal/compare/gdalinfo