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Where is GDAL located?
If you installed GDAL from a package, the location of this program is likely /usr/bin/gdal-config, but it may be in another place depending on how your packager arranged things.
What is OGR Python?
The GDAL Python package provides a wrapper around the GDAL C++ library that allows for using its functionality in Python. Similar support exists for other languages and it is also possible to use GDAL/OGR commands from the command line of your operating system.
What does OGR mean?
OGR
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| OGR | Office of Government Reports (US government) |
| OGR | OpenGIS Simple Features Reference Implementation |
| OGR | Ordnance, Gunnery and Readiness Division (US Navy) |
| OGR | Office of Geologic Repositories |
What is the GDAL library and what does it do?
GDAL ¶. GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector 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 raster abstract data model and single vector abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats.
How to use the GDAL / OGR API in Python?
This cookbook has simple code snippets on how to use the Python GDAL/OGR API. The web site is a project at GitHub and served by Github Pages. If you find missing recipes or mistakes in existing recipes please add an issue to the issue tracker.
How many geospatial data formats does GDAL support?
As of version 2.2.3, GDAL/OGR provides at least partial support for 154 raster and 93 vector geospatial data formats.
When does the next version of GDAL come out?
It also comes with a variety of useful command line utilities for data translation and processing. The NEWS page describes the May 2021 GDAL/OGR 3.3.0 release. This documentation is also available as a PDF file.