Description: Topics: support various vector and raster space data formats
Classification: GIS basic function library
Description: the GDAL/OGR class library is composed of two different modules, GDAL provides a complete set of read and write functions of the different raster data format of abstract class libraries, and OGR is a read/write many vector data format function of abstract class library.
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Language: C, C++
License: MIT License
Demo: using GDAL projects and products, the famous ones include ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 +, Feature Data Objects (FDO), FME, GuGe Earth, GRASS, MapGuide, UMN MapServer, OpenEV, Quantum GIS (QGIS), etc.
Project website: http://www.gdal.org/
Maturity (full score of 10) : 8
Activity level (out of 10) : 7
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The GDAL support up to more than 50 raster data formats, covering almost all the commercial application of software format, OGR has support including the famous ESRI Shapefiles, ArcSDE and MapInfo, Oracle, many businesses in vector format. Such libraries are the foundation of many other open source GIS projects and business projects.
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