GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
is a translator library for raster
geospatial data formats
that is released under an X/MIT style
Open Source license. As a library, it presents a
single abstract data
model to the calling application for all supported formats.
The related OGR
library (which lives within the GDAL source tree) provides
a similar capability for simple features vector data.
The NEWS page describes the March 2005
GDAL 1.2.6 release.
Master Page: http://www.gdal.org
Mirror Page:
http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal
Mirror: http://gdal.maptools.org
Download:
http at gdal.org,
ftp at remotesensing.org,
http at maptools.org
Primary Maintainer: Frank Warmerdam.
Primary Sponsor
ER Mapper has generously provided
ongoing primary sponsorship for GDAL since February 2005 to support work
on GDAL improvement efforts not focused on any particular client project.
User Oriented Documentation
Developer Oriented Documentation
Mailing List
The gdal-dev@remotesensing.org
mailing list can be used for discussion of development and user issues related
to GDAL and related technologies. Subscriptions can be done, and archives
reviewed on
the web. The mailing list is also available by NNTP at
news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.gdal.devel
and by HTTP at
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.gdal.devel.
Bug Reporting
GDAL bugs
can
be reported, and
can be
listed using BugZilla.
Related Information
Projects Using GDAL
- GRASS: A raster/vector
open source GIS uses GDAL for raster import (via r.in.gdal).
- OpenEV: An OpenGL/GTK/Python
based graphical viewer which exclusively uses GDAL for raster access.
- OSSIM:
Another geospatial viewing and analysis environment which uses GDAL as one
of several plugins.
- UMN MapServer:
A popular web mapping application with GDAL support.
- Virtual Terrain Project:
The VTP libraries now use GDAL.
- Thuban:
A multi-platform interactive geographic data viewer.
- Quantum GIS (QGIS):
A Geographic Information System (GIS) built for Linux/Unix.
QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats.
- Demeter:
A another OpenGL based terrain engine somewhat similar to VTP.
- Cadcorp SIS: A Windows GIS with
a GDAL plugin.
- FME: A GIS translator package
includes a GDAL plugin.
- ScanMagic:
Commercial Win32 application for visualization, analysis and processing of
remote sensing data (lite version for free).
- MS MacroSystem: 3D DEM Viewer.
- gstat: a geostatistical modelling
package.
- flighttrack:
GPS track viewing and downloading software for Mac.