- Main Page
- Classes
- Files
- Related Pages

# GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library

Select language: [English][Russian]

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 single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. It also comes with a variety of useful commandline utilities for data translation and processing. The NEWS 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

## User Oriented Documentation

- Downloads - Source and Binaries
- Supported Formats
- GDAL Utility Programs
- GDAL FAQ
- GDAL Data Model
- GDAL/OGR Governance and Community Participation
- Sponsors, Acknowledgements and Credits

## Developer Oriented Documentation

- Building GDAL From Source
- API Reference Documentation
- GDAL API Tutorial
- GDAL Driver Implementation Tutorial
- GDAL Warp API Tutorial
- OGRSpatialReference Tutorial
- GDAL C API
- GDALDataset
- GDALRasterBand
- GDAL for Windows CE

## Mailing List

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.

## Bug Reporting

GDAL bugs can be reported, and can be listed using BugZilla.

## 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)

## 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.

$Id: index.dox,v 1.35 2007/01/02 15:14:44 fwarmerdam Exp $

Generated for GDAL by 1.5.1.