GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats that is released under an MIT style Open Source License by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

The GDAL port in the vcpkg dependency manager is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community contributors. You can download and install GDAL using the vcpkg as follows:

What is GDAL? GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats that is released under an MIT style Open Source License by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

gdal Added in version 3.11. Main "gdal" entry point. Synopsis Usage: gdal <COMMAND> [OPTIONS] where <COMMAND> is one of: - convert: Convert a dataset (shortcut for 'gdal raster convert' or 'gdal …

The gdal command is provisionally provided as an alternative interface to GDAL and OGR command line utilities. The project reserves the right to modify, rename, reorganize, and change the behavior of …

There is a set of generic SWIG interface files in the GDAL source tree (subdirectory swig) and a set of language bindings based on those. Currently active ones are:

Building as part of the GDAL library source tree Usage Numpy Tutorials Gotchas Examples Examples Getting information on a raster dataset using dedicated methods Getting information on a raster …

GDAL Band Algebra Multidimensional Raster Data Model Vector Data Model Geographic Networks Data Model Multi-threading OGR SQL dialect and SQLITE SQL dialect GDAL Virtual File Systems Feature …

It allows users to display most GDAL raster and vector supported formats and provides access to most GDAL utilities through its Processing toolbox. You can also consult the list of software using GDAL.

At this time access to raster data via GDAL is done one band at a time. Also, there is metadata, block sizes, color tables, and various other information available on a band by band basis.