# GDAL

Canonical: https://gisforweb.com/tools/gdal/

Translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats. The Swiss Army knife of GIS.

GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats. As a library, it presents a single raster abstract data model and single vector abstract data model to the calling application. The related OGR library provides a similar capability for simple features vector data.

## Details

- Type: library

- Categories: data-processing, raster, vector

- Open source: Yes

- Pricing model: open-source

- License: MIT

## Features

- Translate between 100+ raster and vector formats

- Reproject and warp rasters

- Command-line utilities and C/C++/Python APIs

- Virtual raster (VRT) support

- OGR vector abstraction with SQL queries

- Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF read and write

## Project sources

- Website: https://gdal.org

- Repository: https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal

Directory descriptions are summaries. Verify current capabilities and terms with the project sources.