gdal

• Raster / Vector format geospatial data access library
• GDAL/OGR 1.5.x ABI compatible (normally built from branches/1.5 stable branch)
• Home: ​http://www.gdal.org/
• Utility Docs: ​http://www.gdal.org/gdal_utilities.html
• Currently all one package for libraries, commands and docs.
• Does not include other language bindings (separate packages)
• To get the commandline utilities implemented in Python (like gdal_merge, and rgb2pct), install gdal-python.
• Includes include files (osgeo4w\include) and stub library (osgeo4w\lib\gdal_i.lib).
• Lots of extra formats ought to be added, including JasPer (maybe), mrsid (nonfree), DODS/OPeNDAP
• IPP libjpeg compatibility modifications applied (​http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/JpegIPP)
• Required by MapServer, GRASS, OSSIM, QGIS
• Maintainer is FrankWarmerdam (built in c:\warmerda\OSGeo4W on WinNTBig VM)