<s>
The	O
Geospatial	B-Language
Data	I-Language
Abstraction	I-Language
Library	I-Language
(	O
GDAL	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	O
software	B-Library
library	I-Library
for	O
reading	O
and	O
writing	O
raster	B-Algorithm
and	O
vector	O
geospatial	O
data	O
formats	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
shapefile	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
permissive	B-License
X/MIT	B-License
style	I-License
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
license	O
by	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Geospatial	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
library	B-Library
,	O
it	O
presents	O
a	O
single	O
abstract	B-Application
data	B-Application
model	I-Application
to	O
the	O
calling	O
application	O
for	O
all	O
supported	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
built	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
useful	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
utilities	B-Application
for	O
data	O
translation	O
and	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Projections	O
and	O
transformations	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
PROJ	B-Language
library	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
related	O
OGR	O
library	B-Library
(	O
OGR	O
Simple	O
Features	O
Library	B-Library
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GDAL	B-Language
source	B-General_Concept
tree	I-General_Concept
,	O
provides	O
a	O
similar	O
ability	O
for	O
simple	O
features	O
vector	O
graphics	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDAL	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
mainly	O
by	O
Frank	B-Language
Warmerdam	I-Language
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
1.3.2	O
,	O
when	O
maintenance	O
was	O
officially	O
transferred	O
to	O
the	O
GDAL/OGR	B-Language
Project	O
Management	O
Committee	O
under	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Geospatial	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDAL/OGR	B-Language
is	O
considered	O
a	O
major	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
extensive	O
capabilities	O
of	O
data	O
exchange	O
"	O
and	O
also	O
in	O
the	O
commercial	O
GIS	B-Application
community	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
widespread	O
use	O
and	O
comprehensive	O
set	O
of	O
functionalities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
software	O
programs	O
use	O
the	O
GDAL/OGR	B-Language
libraries	O
to	O
allow	O
them	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
multiple	O
GIS	B-Application
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avenza	O
MAPublisher	O
-	O
GIS	B-Application
and	O
mapping	O
tools	O
for	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uses	O
GDAL	B-Language
for	O
coordinate	O
system	O
transformation	O
,	O
format	O
reading	O
&	O
writing	O
,	O
geometry	O
operations	O
,	O
&	O
unit	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avenza	O
Geographic	O
Imager	O
-	O
Spatial	O
imaging	O
tools	O
for	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uses	O
GDAL	B-Language
for	O
coordinate	O
system	O
transformation	O
,	O
format	O
reading	O
&	O
writing	O
,	O
&	O
unit	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avenza	O
Maps	O
-	O
iOS	B-Application
&	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
mapping	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uses	O
GDAL	B-Language
to	O
read	O
metadata	O
information	O
for	O
geospatial	O
maps	O
/	O
data	O
to	O
transform	O
them	O
to	O
WGS84	O
for	O
offline	O
navigation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MS4W	O
-	O
MapServer	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
a	O
widely	O
popular	O
installer	O
for	O
the	O
MapServer	B-Application
community	O
,	O
using	O
GDAL	B-Language
for	O
data	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R	B-Language
–	O
An	O
open	O
source	O
statistical	O
software	O
with	O
extensions	O
for	O
spatial	O
data	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
2.2.3	O
,	O
GDAL/OGR	B-Language
provides	O
at	O
least	O
partial	O
support	O
for	O
154	O
raster	B-Algorithm
and	O
93	O
vector	O
geospatial	O
data	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
subset	O
of	O
data	O
formats	O
is	O
supported	O
to	O
ensure	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
directly	O
create	O
files	O
and	O
georeferencing	B-General_Concept
them	O
with	O
the	O
default	O
GDAL	B-Language
compiling	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Here	O
follows	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
data	O
formats	O
whose	O
support	O
is	O
,	O
by	O
default	O
,	O
compiled	O
to	O
allow	O
creation	O
and	O
georeferencing	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDAL	B-Language
supports	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
vector	O
data	O
formats	O
as	O
seen	O
.	O
</s>
