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/*! \mainpage GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library

<center><b>Select language</b>: [English]<a href="index_ru.html">[Russian]</a></center>

\htmlonly<img src="gdalicon.png" alt="GDAL">\endhtmlonly \latexonly GDAL \endlatexonly
is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats
that is released under an <a href="faq.html#license">X/MIT</a> style 
<a href="http://www.opensource.org/">
Open Source</a> license by the <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">Open Source
Geospatial Foundation</a>.  As a library, it presents a
\link gdal_datamodel.html single abstract data model\endlink 
to the calling application for all supported formats.  It also comes with a variety
of useful \link gdal_utilities.html commandline utilties\endlink
for data translation and processing.  The \link NEWS.html NEWS\endlink 
page describes the October 2005 GDAL 1.3.1 release.

The related <a href="ogr">OGR</a> library (which lives within the GDAL source tree) 
provides a similar capability for simple features vector data.

Master: http://www.gdal.org<br>
Mirrors: http://gdal.osgeo.org, http://gdal.maptools.org<br>
Download: 
 <a href="http://www.gdal.org/dl">http at gdal.org</a>,
 <a href="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/gdal">ftp at remotesensing.org</a>,
 <a href="https://gdal.osgeo.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=40&expandFolder=40&folderID=0">http at osgeo.org</a>

\section index_primary_sponsor Primary Sponsor

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<a href="http://www.ermapper.com/">ER Mapper</a> 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.<p>

\section index_userdocs User Oriented Documentation

<ul>
<li> \link download.html Downloads\endlink - Source and Binaries
<li> <a href="formats_list.html">Supported Formats</a>
<li> \link gdal_utilities.html GDAL Utility Programs\endlink
<li> \link faq.html GDAL FAQ\endlink
<li> \link gdal_datamodel.html GDAL Data Model\endlink
<li> \link governance.html GDAL/OGR Governance and Community Participation\endlink
<li> \link credits.html Acknowledgements and Credits\endlink
</ul>

\section index_devdocs Developer Oriented Documentation

<ul>
<li> \link gdal_building.html Building GDAL From Source\endlink
<li> \link hierarchy.html API Reference Documentation\endlink
<li> \link gdal_tutorial.html GDAL API Tutorial\endlink
<li> \link gdal_drivertut.html GDAL Driver Implementation Tutorial\endlink
<li> \link warptut.html GDAL Warp API Tutorial\endlink
<li> \link ogr/osr_tutorial.html OGRSpatialReference Tutorial\endlink
<li> \link gdal.h gdal.h the GDAL C API\endlink
<li> \link GDALDataset\endlink
<li> \link GDALRasterBand\endlink
<li> \link wince.html GDAL for Windows CE\endlink
</ul>

\section index_maillist Mailing List

The <a href="mailto:gdal-dev@lists.maptools.org">gdal-dev@lists.maptools.org</a>
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 <a href="http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev/">on 
the web</a>.  The mailing list is also available in read-only format by NNTP at
<a href="news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.gdal.devel">news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.gdal.devel</a>
and by HTTP at
<a href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.gdal.devel">http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.gdal.devel</a>.<p>

Some GDAL/OGR users and developers can also often be found in the 
<a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#gdal">#gdal</a> IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.<p>

\section index_bugs Bug Reporting

GDAL bugs 
<a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GDAL">can 
be reported</a>, and 
<a href="http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/buglist.cgi?product=GDAL">can be 
listed</a> using BugZilla.<p>

\section index_bindings GDAL In Other Languages

The following bindings of GDAL in other languages are available:

<ul>
<li> <a href="http://map.hut.fi/gdal-perl/">Perl</a>
<li> <a href="gdal_tutorial.html">Python</a> (examples in standard tutorial)
<li> <a href="vb6_tutorial.html">VB6 Bindings</a> (not using SWIG)
<li> <a href="http://rgdal.sourceforge.net/">GDAL Bindings into R</a>
by Timothy H. Keitt.
<li> Ruby (no docs, but see gdalautotest/ruby for examples)
<li> Java (no docs ...)
<li> C# (not really working fully yet)
</ul>

\section index_projects Projects Using GDAL

<ul>
<li> <a href="http://grass.itc.it/index.html">GRASS</a>: A raster/vector
open source GIS uses GDAL for raster import (via r.in.gdal).
<li> <a href="http://openev.sourceforge.net">OpenEV</a>: An OpenGL/GTK/Python
based graphical viewer which exclusively uses GDAL for raster access.
<li> <a href="http://www.ossim.org">OSSIM</a>: 
Another geospatial viewing and analysis environment which uses GDAL as one
of several plugins.
<li> <a href="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/index.html">UMN MapServer</a>: 
A popular web mapping application with GDAL support.
<li> <a href="http://www.vterrain.org">Virtual Terrain Project</a>: 
The VTP libraries now use GDAL.
<li> <a href="http://thuban.intevation.org">Thuban</a>: 
A multi-platform interactive geographic data viewer.
<li> <a href="http://qgis.sourceforge.net">Quantum GIS (QGIS)</a>: 
A Geographic Information System (GIS) built for Linux/Unix. 
QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats.
<li> <a href="http://www.terrainengine.com">Demeter</a>: 
A another OpenGL based terrain engine somewhat similar to VTP.
<li> <a href="http://www.cadcorp.com/">Cadcorp SIS</a>: A Windows GIS with
a GDAL plugin.
<li> <a href="http://www.safe.com/">FME</a>: A GIS translator package
includes a GDAL plugin.
<li> <a href="http://www.scanex.ru/software/scanmagic/">ScanMagic</a>: 
Commercial Win32 application for visualization, analysis and processing of
remote sensing data (lite version for free).
<li> <a href="http://www.msmacrosystem.nl/Ilwis/index.html">MS MacroSystem</a>: 3D DEM Viewer.
<li> <a href="http://www.gstat.org/">gstat</a>: a geostatistical modelling
package.
<li> <a href="http://flighttrack.sourceforge.net/">flighttrack</a>: 
GPS track viewing and downloading software for Mac. 
<li> <a href="http://starspan.casil.ucdavis.edu/?StarSpan">StarSpan</a>: raster/vector analysis. 
<li> <a href="http://www.gvsig.gva.es/">gvSIG</a>: Desktop GIS Client.
<li> <a href="http://libral.sourceforge.net/">libral</a>: A raster algebra 
implementation and an experimental GUI+CLI GIS with Perl and GTK+.
<li> <a href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</a>: A 3D world viewer.
<li> <a href="http://www.vrco.com/vGeo/OverviewvGeo.html">vGeo</a>: 
Interactive data fusion and visual analysis tool.
<li> <a href="http://www.itc.nl/ilwis/">ILWIS</a>: Remote Sensing and GIS 
Desktop Package.
<li> <a href="http://www.spaceyes.com/">SpaceEyes3D</a>: Commercial 
3D visualization software for cartographic data.
<li> <a href="http://www.mapwindow.org/">MapWindow</a>: open source
ActiveX control with GIS functionality.
</ul>

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