#ifndef DOXYGEN_SKIP /* $Id: index.dox 25344 2012-12-23 23:56:10Z rouault $ */ #endif /* DOXYGEN_SKIP */ /*! \mainpage GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library <center><b>Select language</b>: [English]<a href="index_ru.html">[Russian]</a><a href="index_br.html">[Portuguese]</a><a href="http://gdal.gloobe.org/">[French/Francais]</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="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/FAQGeneral#WhatlicensedoesGDALOGRuse">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 utilities\endlink for data translation and processing. The <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/Release/1.9.2-News">NEWS</a> page describes the October 2012 GDAL/OGR 1.9.2 release. The related <a href="ogr/index.html">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> Download: <a href="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/gdal">ftp at remotesensing.org</a>, <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/gdal">http at download.osgeo.org</a> \section index_userdocs User Oriented Documentation <ul> <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/">Wiki</a> - Various user and developer contributed documentation and hints <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadingGdalBinaries">Downloads</a> - Ready to use binaries (executables) <li> <a href="formats_list.html">Supported Formats</a> : GeoTIFF, Erdas Imagine, SDTS, ECW, MrSID, JPEG2000, DTED, NITF, ... <li> <a href="gdal_utilities.html">GDAL Utility Programs</a> : gdalinfo, gdal_translate, gdaladdo, gdalwarp, ... <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/FAQ">GDAL FAQ</a> <li> <a href="gdal_datamodel.html">GDAL Data Model</a> <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GovernanceAndCommunity">GDAL/OGR Governance and Community Participation</a> <li> <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile?SET=1&MUL_TECH[0]=00013">GDAL Service Provider Listings</a> (not vetted) <li> <a href="credits.html">Sponsors, Acknowledgements and Credits</a> <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/SoftwareUsingGdal">Software Using GDAL</a> </ul> \section index_devdocs Developer Oriented Documentation <ul> <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildHints">Building GDAL From Source</a> <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadSource">Downloads</a> - source code <li> <a href="hierarchy.html">API Reference Documentation</a> <li> <a href="gdal_tutorial.html">GDAL API Tutorial</a> <li> <a href="gdal_drivertut.html">GDAL Driver Implementation Tutorial</a> <li> <a href="warptut.html">GDAL Warp API Tutorial</a> <li> <a href="ogr/osr_tutorial.html">OGRSpatialReference Tutorial</a> <li> <a href="gdal_8h.html">GDAL C API</a> <li> <a href="gdal__alg_8h.html">GDAL Algorithms C API</a> <li> <a href="classGDALDataset.html">GDALDataset C++ API</a> <li> <a href="classGDALRasterBand.html">GDALRasterBand C++ API</a> <li> <a href="wince.html">GDAL for Windows CE</a> </ul> \section index_maillist Mailing List A gdal-announce mailing list <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-announce/">subscription</a> is a low volume way of keeping track of major developments with the GDAL/OGR project. The <a href="mailto:gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org">gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.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.osgeo.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>. Archives since 2005 are searchable on <a href="http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/GDAL-Dev-f3742093.html">Nabble</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://trac.osgeo.org/gdal">can be reported</a>, and <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/report/1?sort=ticket&asc=0">can be listed</a> using Trac.<p> \section index_bindings GDAL In Other Languages The following bindings of GDAL in other languages are available: <ul> <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInPerl">Perl</a> <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInPython">Python</a> <li> <a href="vb6_tutorial.html">VB6 Bindings</a> (not using SWIG) <li> <a href="https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/rgdal/">GDAL Bindings into R</a> by Timothy H. Keitt. <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInRuby">Ruby</a> <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInJava">Java</a> <li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInCsharp">C# / .Net</a> </ul> */