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GDAL

software library for raster and vector geospatial data formats
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GDAL

Summary

GDAL is a software library[1]. GDAL draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (software_library category, ranking #31 of 200).[2]

Key Facts

  • GDAL's instance of is recorded as software library[3].
  • GDAL's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • GDAL's maintained by is recorded as Even Rouault[5].
  • GDAL's developer is recorded as Open Source Geospatial Foundation[6].
  • GDAL's developer is recorded as Frank Warmerdam[7].
  • GDAL's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[8].
  • GDAL's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[9].
  • GDAL's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[10].
  • GDAL's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[11].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 1.11.2[12].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3.2[13].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.0[14].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.3[15].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.4[16].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 2.3.0[17].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 2.3.1[18].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.1[19].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.2[20].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 2.4.4[21].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.0[22].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.3[23].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.4[24].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1.0[25].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1.1[26].
  • GDAL's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1.2[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include software library[3] and free software[4].

Why It Matters

GDAL draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (software_library category, ranking #31 of 200).[2] GDAL has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] GDAL is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

C++ cross-platform free software geographic information system NextGIS Unix-like operating system

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wiki.osgeo.org. wiki.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . gdal.org. Retrieved . gdal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. Retrieved . trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. Retrieved . trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. Retrieved . trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. Retrieved . trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. Retrieved . trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . trac.osgeo.org. Retrieved . trac.osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Platform → —
    Operating system → Unix-like operating system
    Instance of → —
    Maintained by → Even Rouault
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