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GDAL FAQ

  1. What's this OGR Stuff?

    The gdal/ogr tree holds source for a vector IO library inspired by OpenGIS Simple Features. In theory it is separate from GDAL, but currently they reside in the same source tree and are somewhat entangled. More information can be found at http://ogr.maptools.org. It is my plan to properly fold OGR into GDAL properly at some point in the future. Then GDAL will be a raster and vector library.

  2. How do I add support for a new format?

    To some extent this is now covered by the GDAL Driver Implementation Tutorial.

  3. Can I get a MS Visual Studio Project file for GDAL?

    The GDAL developers find it more convenient to build with makefiles and the Visual Studio NMAKE utility. Maintaining a parallel set of project files for GDAL is too much work, so there are no project files directly available from the maintainers. Occasionally other users do prepare such project files, and you may be able to get them by asking on the gdal-dev list. However, I would strongly suggest you just use the NMAKE based build system. With debugging enabled you can still debug into GDAL with Visual Studio.

  4. Can I build GDAL with MS Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition?

    Yes, you can. It's also possible to use GDAL libraries in applications developed using MS Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition.


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