<s>
GeoTools	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
GIS	B-Application
toolkit	O
for	O
developing	O
standards	O
compliant	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoTools	B-Application
is	O
a	O
contributor	O
to	O
the	O
GeoAPI	B-Language
project	I-Language
-	O
a	O
vendor-neutral	O
set	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
interfaces	O
derived	O
from	O
OGC	O
specifications	O
-	O
and	O
implements	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
those	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
currently	O
is	O
under	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
GeoServer	B-Language
,	O
uDig	B-Language
,	O
Geopublisher	O
,	O
52N	O
,	O
Geomajas	O
and	O
many	O
proprietary	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoTools	B-Application
library	O
supports	O
the	O
following	O
core	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
JTS	B-Language
Topology	I-Language
Suite	I-Language
Geometry	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GeoTools	B-Application
library	O
forms	O
a	O
stack	O
for	O
the	O
core	O
modules	O
;	O
with	O
additional	O
plugins	O
available	O
to	O
support	O
additional	O
formats	O
,	O
extensions	O
and	O
integration	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoTools	B-Application
1	O
began	O
in	O
1999	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Leeds	O
by	O
James	O
MacGill	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
his	O
PhD	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoTools	B-Application
1	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
1.1	O
environment	O
to	O
enable	O
the	O
execution	O
of	O
applets	O
on	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
clients	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoTools	B-Application
1	O
was	O
not	O
built	O
with	O
any	O
standards	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoTools	B-Application
2	O
began	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
base	O
has	O
been	O
fundamentally	O
redesigned	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
latest	O
Java	B-Language
platform	O
and	O
to	O
follow	O
OGC	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoTools	B-Application
since	O
GeoTools	B-Application
1	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
maintained	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
2	O
"	O
in	O
"	O
GeoTools	B-Application
2	O
"	O
was	O
dropped	O
in	O
2007	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
name	O
became	O
GeoTools	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
number	O
followed	O
suit	O
in	O
2011	O
with	O
the	O
scheduled	O
release	O
of	O
"	O
GeoTools	B-Application
"	O
version	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geotools	B-Application
and	O
GeotoolsMT	O
are	O
also	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
software	O
written	O
specifically	O
for	O
processing	O
and	O
displaying	O
of	O
magnetotelluric	O
data	O
(	O
MT	O
data	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
entirely	O
new	O
development	O
of	O
Geotools	B-Application
has	O
been	O
undertaken	O
since	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
new	O
version	O
is	O
actively	O
maintained	O
and	O
sold	O
to	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
