GDAL
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The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) is a computer software library for reading and writing raster and vector geospatial data formats (e.g. shapefile), and is released under the permissive X/MIT style free software license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. It may also be built with a variety of useful command line interface utilities for data translation and processing. Projections and transformations are supported by the PROJ library.
Key facts
- Software.name
- GDAL
- Software.logo
- GDALLogoColor.svg
- Software.logo size
- 150px
- Software.author
- Frank Warmerdam
- Software.developer
- Open Source Geospatial Foundation
- Software.programming language
- C, C++, Python
- Software.platform
- Cross-platform
- Software.language
- English
- Software.genre
- Library
- Software.license
- X/MIT
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Source code
GDAL is an open source MIT licensed translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats. The GDAL project uses a custom governance and is fiscally sponsored by NumFOCUS. Consider making a tax-deductible donation to help the project pay for developer time, professional services, travel, workshops, and a variety of other needs. NumFOCUS is 501(c)(3) non-profit charity in the United States; as such, donations to NumFOCUS are tax-deductible as allowed by law. As with any donation, you should consult with your personal tax adviser or the IRS about your particular tax situation.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- gdal.org
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- software version identifier
- 3.12.4
- source code repository URL
- github.com/OSGeo/GDAL
- IRC channel URL
- irc://irc.freenode.net/#gdal
- issue tracker URL
- trac.osgeo.org/gdal/report/1?sort=ticket&asc=0
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/gdal
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5 sectionsContents
- Software using GDAL/OGR
- Supported raster data formats
- Supported vector data formats
- References
- External links
The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) is a computer software library for reading and writing raster and vector geospatial data formats (e.g. shapefile), and is released under the permissive X/MIT style free software license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. It may also be built with a variety of useful command line interface utilities for data translation and processing. Projections and transformations are supported by the PROJ library.
The related OGR library (OGR Simple Features Library), which is part of the GDAL source tree, provides a similar ability for simple features vector graphics data.