Difference between revisions of "GDAL"

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==Documentation==
 
==Documentation==
* There does not seem to be documentation on the web, but there is a useful wiki page https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki, which also links to alternative download pages.
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* There does not seem to be documentation on the web, but there is a wiki page https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki, which also links to alternative download pages. This wiki seems old, there is a new wiki at https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki.
 
* The software installs without man pages and typing gdal utilities from the command line with -help gives only a brief list of options. But the following works:
 
* The software installs without man pages and typing gdal utilities from the command line with -help gives only a brief list of options. But the following works:
 
** Download the appropriate version of sources  as tar.gz file and expand the file
 
** Download the appropriate version of sources  as tar.gz file and expand the file
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** Open html/index.html in a web browser
 
** Open html/index.html in a web browser
 
* The documentation for version 2.4.0 was installed as described above [http://demo.openwfm.org/web/gdal-2.4.0/html/index.html here].
 
* The documentation for version 2.4.0 was installed as described above [http://demo.openwfm.org/web/gdal-2.4.0/html/index.html here].
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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
* [https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/42584/how-to-call-gdal-translate-from-python-code How to call gdal translate from python code]
 
* [https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/42584/how-to-call-gdal-translate-from-python-code How to call gdal translate from python code]

Revision as of 21:19, 25 May 2019

Installation

Best install using standard system package manager, such as apt-get (Ubuntu), yum (Fedora), or macports (OSX).

Download

The current download page is http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/. However, web searches for the code or documentation lead to many dead links.

Documentation

  • There does not seem to be documentation on the web, but there is a wiki page https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki, which also links to alternative download pages. This wiki seems old, there is a new wiki at https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki.
  • The software installs without man pages and typing gdal utilities from the command line with -help gives only a brief list of options. But the following works:
    • Download the appropriate version of sources as tar.gz file and expand the file
    • install doxygen if needed, and type doxygen in the top directory of the source
    • Open html/index.html in a web browser
  • The documentation for version 2.4.0 was installed as described above here.

External links

Glossary

See also