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/*! \mainpage GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
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\htmlonly\endhtmlonly \latexonly GDAL \endlatexonly
is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats
that is released under an X/MIT style
Open Source license by the Open Source
Geospatial Foundation. 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 utilities\endlink
for data translation and processing. The \link NEWS.html NEWS\endlink
page describes the January 2007 GDAL 1.4.0 release.
The related OGR library (which lives within the GDAL source tree)
provides a similar capability for simple features vector data.
Master: http://www.gdal.org
Mirror: http://gdal.maptools.org
Download:
http at gdal.org,
ftp at remotesensing.org,
http at osgeo.org
\section index_userdocs User Oriented Documentation
\section index_devdocs Developer Oriented Documentation
\section index_maillist Mailing List
A gdal-announce mailing list subscription is a low volume way of keeping track of major
developments with the GDAL project.
The gdal-dev@lists.maptools.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 in read-only format 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.
Some GDAL/OGR users and developers can also often be found in the
#gdal IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
\section index_bugs Bug Reporting
GDAL bugs
can
be reported, and
can be
listed using BugZilla.
\section index_bindings GDAL In Other Languages
The following bindings of GDAL in other languages are available:
- Perl
- Python (examples in standard tutorial)
- VB6 Bindings (not using SWIG)
- GDAL Bindings into R
by Timothy H. Keitt.
- Ruby (no docs, but see gdalautotest/ruby for examples)
- Java (no docs ...)
- C# (mostly operational, see /swig/csharp/apps for examples)
\section index_projects 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.
- IONIC Red Spider: an OGC Web Services platform includes a GDAL plugin.
- ESRI ArcGIS 9.2+: A popular GIS platform.
- 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.
- StarSpan: raster/vector analysis.
- gvSIG: Desktop GIS Client.
- libral: A raster algebra
implementation and an experimental GUI+CLI GIS with Perl and GTK+.
- Google Earth: A 3D world viewer.
- vGeo:
Interactive data fusion and visual analysis tool.
- ILWIS: Remote Sensing and GIS
Desktop Package.
- SpaceEyes3D: Commercial
3D visualization software for cartographic data.
- MapWindow: open source
ActiveX control with GIS functionality.
- GeoMatrix Toolkit, and GeoPlayerPro from GeoFusion: 3D visualization.
- SpatialAce: A GIS Rapid Application Development environment.
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