wiki:pkg-gdal

Version 4 (modified by warmerdam, 16 years ago) ( diff )

--

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
  • Required by MapServer, GRASS, OSSIM, QGIS
  • Maintainer is FrankWarmerdam
Note: See TracWiki for help on using the wiki.