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GDAL[](#gdal "Link to this heading")
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GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats that is released under an MIT style Open Source [License](license.html#license) by the [Open Source Geospatial Foundation](http://www.osgeo.org/). As a library, it presents a single raster abstract data model and single vector abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. It also comes with a variety of useful command line utilities for data translation and processing. The [NEWS](https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/v3.10.2/NEWS.md) page describes the February 2025 GDAL/OGR 3.10.2 "Gulf Of Mexico" release.
This documentation is also available as a [PDF](/_/downloads/en/stable/pdf/) or a [ZIP of individual HTML pages](/_/downloads/en/stable/htmlzip/) for offline browsing.
[](http://www.osgeo.org/)
See [Software using GDAL](software_using_gdal.html#software-using-gdal)
You may quote GDAL in publications by using the following Digital Object Identifier:[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884351)
* [Download](download.html)
* [Source Code](download.html#source-code)
* [Binaries](download.html#binaries)
* [Containers](download.html#containers)
* [Documentation](download.html#documentation)
* [Programs](programs/index.html)
* [General](programs/index.html#general)
* [Raster programs](programs/index.html#raster-programs)
* [Multidimensional Raster programs](programs/index.html#multidimensional-raster-programs)
* [Vector programs](programs/index.html#vector-programs)
* [Geographic network programs](programs/index.html#geographic-network-programs)
* [Other utilities](programs/index.html#other-utilities)
* [Raster drivers](drivers/raster/index.html)
* [AAIGrid -- Arc/Info ASCII Grid](drivers/raster/aaigrid.html)
* [ACE2 -- ACE2](drivers/raster/ace2.html)
* [ADRG -- ADRG/ARC Digitized Raster Graphics (.gen/.thf)](drivers/raster/adrg.html)
* [AIG -- Arc/Info Binary Grid](drivers/raster/aig.html)
* [AIRSAR -- AIRSAR Polarimetric Format](drivers/raster/airsar.html)
* [AVIF -- AV1 Image File Format](drivers/raster/avif.html)
* [BAG -- Bathymetry Attributed Grid](drivers/raster/bag.html)
* [BASISU -- Basis Universal](drivers/raster/basisu.html)
* [BLX -- Magellan BLX Topo File Format](drivers/raster/blx.html)
* [BMP -- Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap](drivers/raster/bmp.html)
* [BSB -- Maptech/NOAA BSB Nautical Chart Format](drivers/raster/bsb.html)
* [BT -- VTP .bt Binary Terrain Format](drivers/raster/bt.html)
* [BYN - Natural Resources Canada's Geoid file format (.byn)](drivers/raster/byn.html)
* [CAD -- AutoCAD DWG raster layer](drivers/raster/cad.html)
* [CALS -- CALS Type 1](drivers/raster/cals.html)
* [CEOS -- CEOS Image](drivers/raster/ceos.html)
* [COASP -- DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster](drivers/raster/coasp.html)
* [COG -- Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF generator](drivers/raster/cog.html)
* [COSAR -- TerraSAR-X Complex SAR Data Product](drivers/raster/cosar.html)
* [CPG -- Convair PolGASP data](drivers/raster/cpg.html)
* [CTable2 -- CTable2 Datum Grid Shift](drivers/raster/ctable2.html)
* [CTG -- USGS LULC Composite Theme Grid](drivers/raster/ctg.html)
* [DAAS (Airbus DS Intelligence Data As A Service driver)](drivers/raster/daas.html)
* [DDS -- DirectDraw Surface](drivers/raster/dds.html)
* [DERIVED -- Derived subdatasets driver](drivers/raster/derived.html)
* [DIMAP -- Spot DIMAP](drivers/raster/dimap.html)
* [DIPEx -- ELAS DIPEx](drivers/raster/dipex.html)
* [DOQ1 -- First Generation USGS DOQ](drivers/raster/doq1.html)
* [DOQ2 -- New Labelled USGS DOQ](drivers/raster/doq2.html)
* [DTED -- Military Elevation Data](drivers/raster/dted.html)
* [ECRGTOC -- ECRG Table Of Contents (TOC.xml)](drivers/raster/ecrgtoc.html)
* [ECW -- Enhanced Compressed Wavelets (.ecw)](drivers/raster/ecw.html)
* [EEDAI - Google Earth Engine Data API Image](drivers/raster/eedai.html)
* [EHdr -- ESRI .hdr Labelled](drivers/raster/ehdr.html)
* [EIR -- Erdas Imagine Raw](drivers/raster/eir.html)
* [ELAS - Earth Resources Laboratory Applications Software](drivers/raster/elas.html)
* [ENVI -- ENVI .hdr Labelled Raster](drivers/raster/envi.html)
* [ESAT -- Envisat Image Product](drivers/raster/esat.html)
* [ESRIC -- Esri Compact Cache](drivers/raster/esric.html)
* [ERS -- ERMapper .ERS](drivers/raster/ers.html)
* [EXR -- Extended Dynamic Range Image File Format](drivers/raster/exr.html)
* [FAST -- EOSAT FAST Format](drivers/raster/fast.html)
* [FIT -- FIT](drivers/raster/fit.html)
* [FITS -- Flexible Image Transport System](drivers/raster/fits.html)
* [GenBin -- Generic Binary (.hdr labelled)](drivers/raster/genbin.html)
* [Oracle Spatial GeoRaster](drivers/raster/georaster.html)
* [GFF -- Sandia National Laboratories GSAT File Format](drivers/raster/gff.html)
* [GIF -- Graphics Interchange Format](drivers/raster/gif.html)
* [GPKG -- GeoPackage raster](drivers/raster/gpkg.html)
* [GRASS Raster Format](drivers/raster/grass.html)
* [GRASSASCIIGrid -- GRASS ASCII Grid](drivers/raster/grassasciigrid.html)
* [GRIB -- WMO General Regularly-distributed Information in Binary form](drivers/raster/grib.html)
* [GS7BG -- Golden Software Surfer 7 Binary Grid File Format](drivers/raster/gs7bg.html)
* [GSAG -- Golden Software ASCII Grid File Format](drivers/raster/gsag.html)
* [GSBG -- Golden Software Binary Grid File Format](drivers/raster/gsbg.html)
* [GSC -- GSC Geogrid](drivers/raster/gsc.html)
* [GTA - Generic Tagged Arrays](drivers/raster/gta.html)
* [GTI -- GDAL Raster Tile Index](drivers/raster/gti.html)
* [GTiff -- GeoTIFF File Format](drivers/raster/gtiff.html)
* [GXF -- Grid eXchange File](drivers/raster/gxf.html)
* [HDF4 -- Hierarchical Data Format Release 4 (HDF4)](drivers/raster/hdf4.html)
* [HDF5 -- Hierarchical Data Format Release 5 (HDF5)](drivers/raster/hdf5.html)
* [HEIF / HEIC -- ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 High Efficiency Image File Format](drivers/raster/heif.html)
* [HF2 -- HF2/HFZ heightfield raster](drivers/raster/hf2.html)
* [HFA -- Erdas Imagine .img](drivers/raster/hfa.html)
* [RST -- Idrisi Raster Format](drivers/raster/Idrisi.html)
* [ILWIS -- Raster Map](drivers/raster/ilwis.html)
* [IRIS -- Vaisala's weather radar software format](drivers/raster/iris.html)
* [ISCE -- ISCE](drivers/raster/isce.html)
* [ISG -- International Service for the Geoid](drivers/raster/isg.html)
* [ISIS2 -- USGS Astrogeology ISIS Cube (Version 2)](drivers/raster/isis2.html)
* [ISIS3 -- USGS Astrogeology ISIS Cube (Version 3)](drivers/raster/isis3.html)
* [JDEM -- Japanese DEM (.mem)](drivers/raster/jdem.html)
* [JP2ECW -- ERDAS JPEG2000 (.jp2)](drivers/raster/jp2ecw.html)
* [JP2KAK -- JPEG 2000 (based on Kakadu SDK)](drivers/raster/jp2kak.html)
* [JP2Lura -- JPEG2000 driver based on Lurawave library](drivers/raster/jp2lura.html)
* [JP2MrSID -- JPEG2000 via MrSID SDK](drivers/raster/jp2mrsid.html)
* [JP2OpenJPEG -- JPEG2000 driver based on OpenJPEG library](drivers/raster/jp2openjpeg.html)
* [JPEG -- JPEG JFIF File Format](drivers/raster/jpeg.html)
* [JPEGXL -- JPEG-XL File Format](drivers/raster/jpegxl.html)
* [JPIPKAK - JPIP Streaming](drivers/raster/jpipkak.html)
* [KEA](drivers/raster/kea.html)
* [KMLSuperoverlay -- KMLSuperoverlay](drivers/raster/kmlsuperoverlay.html)
* [KRO -- KOLOR Raw format](drivers/raster/kro.html)
* [KTX2](drivers/raster/ktx2.html)
* [LAN -- Erdas 7.x .LAN and .GIS](drivers/raster/lan.html)
* [L1B -- NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (AVHRR)](drivers/raster/l1b.html)
* [LCP -- FARSITE v.4 LCP Format](drivers/raster/lcp.html)
* [Leveller -- Daylon Leveller Heightfield](drivers/raster/leveller.html)
* [LOSLAS -- NADCON .los/.las Datum Grid Shift](drivers/raster/loslas.html)
* [MAP -- OziExplorer .MAP](drivers/raster/map.html)
* [MRF -- Meta Raster Format](drivers/raster/marfa.html)
* [MBTiles](drivers/raster/mbtiles.html)
* [MEM -- In Memory Raster](drivers/raster/mem.html)
* [MFF -- Vexcel MFF Raster](drivers/raster/mff.html)
* [MFF2 -- Vexcel MFF2 Image](drivers/raster/mff2.html)
* [MrSID -- Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database](drivers/raster/mrsid.html)
* [MSG -- Meteosat Second Generation](drivers/raster/msg.html)
* [MSGN -- Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Native Archive Format (.nat)](drivers/raster/msgn.html)
* [NDF -- NLAPS Data Format](drivers/raster/ndf.html)
* [NetCDF: Network Common Data Form](drivers/raster/netcdf.html)
* [NGSGEOID - NOAA NGS Geoid Height Grids](drivers/raster/ngsgeoid.html)
* [NGW -- NextGIS Web](drivers/raster/ngw.html)
* [NITF -- National Imagery Transmission Format](drivers/raster/nitf.html)
* [NOAA\_B -- NOAA GEOCON/NADCON5 .b format](drivers/raster/noaa_b.html)
* [NSIDCbin -- National Snow and Ice Data Centre Sea Ice Concentrations](drivers/raster/nsidcbin.html)
* [NTv2 -- NTv2 Datum Grid Shift](drivers/raster/ntv2.html)
* [NWT\_GRD/NWT\_GRC -- Northwood/Vertical Mapper File Format](drivers/raster/nwtgrd.html)
* [OGCAPI -- OGC API Tiles / Maps / Coverage](drivers/raster/ogcapi.html)
* [ESRI File Geodatabase raster (OpenFileGDB)](drivers/raster/openfilegdb.html)
* [OZI -- OZF2/OZFX3 raster](drivers/raster/ozi.html)
* [JAXA PALSAR Processed Products](drivers/raster/palsar.html)
* [PAux -- PCI .aux Labelled Raw Format](drivers/raster/paux.html)
* [PCIDSK -- PCI Geomatics Database File](drivers/raster/pcidsk.html)
* [PCRaster -- PCRaster raster file format](drivers/raster/pcraster.html)
* [PDF -- Geospatial PDF](drivers/raster/pdf.html)
* [PDS -- Planetary Data System v3](drivers/raster/pds.html)
* [PDS4 -- NASA Planetary Data System (Version 4)](drivers/raster/pds4.html)
* [PLMosaic (Planet Labs Mosaics API)](drivers/raster/plmosaic.html)
* [PNG -- Portable Network Graphics](drivers/raster/png.html)
* [PNM -- Netpbm (.pgm, .ppm)](drivers/raster/pnm.html)
* [PostGISRaster -- PostGIS Raster driver](drivers/raster/postgisraster.html)
* [PHOTOMOD Raster File](drivers/raster/prf.html)
* [Rasterlite - Rasters in SQLite DB](drivers/raster/rasterlite.html)
* [RasterLite2 - Rasters in SQLite DB](drivers/raster/rasterlite2.html)
* [R -- R Object Data Store](drivers/raster/r.html)
* [RDB - _RIEGL_ Database](drivers/raster/rdb.html)
* [RIK -- Swedish Grid Maps](drivers/raster/rik.html)
* [RMF -- Raster Matrix Format](drivers/raster/rmf.html)
* [ROI\_PAC -- ROI\_PAC](drivers/raster/roi_pac.html)
* [RPFTOC -- Raster Product Format/RPF (a.toc)](drivers/raster/rpftoc.html)
* [RRASTER -- R Raster](drivers/raster/rraster.html)
* [RS2 -- RadarSat 2 XML Product](drivers/raster/rs2.html)
* [S102 -- S-102 Bathymetric Surface Product](drivers/raster/s102.html)
* [S104 -- S-104 Water Level Information for Surface Navigation Product](drivers/raster/s104.html)
* [S111 -- S-111 Surface Currents Product](drivers/raster/s111.html)
* [SAFE -- Sentinel-1 SAFE XML Product](drivers/raster/safe.html)
* [SAR\_CEOS -- CEOS SAR Image](drivers/raster/sar_ceos.html)
* [SAGA -- SAGA GIS Binary Grid File Format](drivers/raster/sdat.html)
* [SDTS -- USGS SDTS DEM](drivers/raster/sdts.html)
* [SENTINEL2 -- Sentinel-2 Products](drivers/raster/sentinel2.html)
* [SGI -- SGI Image Format](drivers/raster/sgi.html)
* [SIGDEM -- Scaled Integer Gridded DEM](drivers/raster/sigdem.html)
* [SNAP\_TIFF -- Sentinel Application Processing GeoTIFF](drivers/raster/snap_tiff.html)
* [SNODAS -- Snow Data Assimilation System](drivers/raster/snodas.html)
* [SRP -- Standard Product Format (ASRP/USRP) (.gen)](drivers/raster/srp.html)
* [SRTMHGT -- SRTM HGT Format](drivers/raster/srtmhgt.html)
* [STACIT - Spatio-Temporal Asset Catalog Items](drivers/raster/stacit.html)
* [STACTA - Spatio-Temporal Asset Catalog Tiled Assets](drivers/raster/stacta.html)
* [Terragen -- Terragen™ Terrain File](drivers/raster/terragen.html)
* [TGA -- TARGA Image File Format](drivers/raster/tga.html)
* [TIL -- EarthWatch/DigitalGlobe .TIL](drivers/raster/til.html)
* [TileDB - TileDB raster](drivers/raster/tiledb.html)
* [TSX -- TerraSAR-X Product](drivers/raster/tsx.html)
* [USGSDEM -- USGS ASCII DEM (and CDED)](drivers/raster/usgsdem.html)
* [VICAR -- VICAR](drivers/raster/vicar.html)
* [VRT -- GDAL Virtual Format](drivers/raster/vrt.html)
* [WCS -- OGC Web Coverage Service](drivers/raster/wcs.html)
* [WEBP - WEBP](drivers/raster/webp.html)
* [WMS -- Web Map Services](drivers/raster/wms.html)
* [WMTS -- OGC Web Map Tile Service](drivers/raster/wmts.html)
* [XPM -- X11 Pixmap](drivers/raster/xpm.html)
* [XYZ -- ASCII Gridded XYZ](drivers/raster/xyz.html)
* [Zarr](drivers/raster/zarr.html)
* [ZMap -- ZMap Plus Grid](drivers/raster/zmap.html)
* [Vector drivers](drivers/vector/index.html)
* [AmigoCloud](drivers/vector/amigocloud.html)
* [(Geo)Arrow IPC File Format / Stream](drivers/vector/arrow.html)
* [Arc/Info Binary Coverage](drivers/vector/avcbin.html)
* [Arc/Info E00 (ASCII) Coverage](drivers/vector/avce00.html)
* [CAD -- AutoCAD DWG](drivers/vector/cad.html)
* [Carto](drivers/vector/carto.html)
* [Comma Separated Value (.csv)](drivers/vector/csv.html)
* [CSW - OGC CSW (Catalog Service for the Web)](drivers/vector/csw.html)
* [Microstation DGN](drivers/vector/dgn.html)
* [Microstation DGN v8](drivers/vector/dgnv8.html)
* [AutoCAD DWG](drivers/vector/dwg.html)
* [AutoCAD DXF](drivers/vector/dxf.html)
* [Google Earth Engine Data API](drivers/vector/eeda.html)
* [EDIGEO](drivers/vector/edigeo.html)
* [Elasticsearch: Geographically Encoded Objects for Elasticsearch](drivers/vector/elasticsearch.html)
* [ESRIJSON / FeatureService driver](drivers/vector/esrijson.html)
* [ESRI File Geodatabase (FileGDB)](drivers/vector/filegdb.html)
* [FlatGeobuf](drivers/vector/flatgeobuf.html)
* [GeoConcept text export](drivers/vector/geoconcept.html)
* [GeoJSON](drivers/vector/geojson.html)
* [GeoJSONSeq: sequence of GeoJSON features](drivers/vector/geojsonseq.html)
* [GeoRSS : Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds](drivers/vector/georss.html)
* [GML - Geography Markup Language](drivers/vector/gml.html)
* [GMLAS - Geography Markup Language (GML) driven by application schemas](drivers/vector/gmlas.html)
* [GMT ASCII Vectors (.gmt)](drivers/vector/gmt.html)
* [GPKG -- GeoPackage vector](drivers/vector/gpkg.html)
* [GPSBabel](drivers/vector/gpsbabel.html)
* [GPX - GPS Exchange Format](drivers/vector/gpx.html)
* [GRASS Vector Format](drivers/vector/grass.html)
* [GTFS - General Transit Feed Specification](drivers/vector/gtfs.html)
* [SAP HANA](drivers/vector/hana.html)
* [IDB](drivers/vector/idb.html)
* [Idrisi Vector (.VCT)](drivers/vector/idrisi.html)
* ["INTERLIS 1" and "INTERLIS 2" drivers](drivers/vector/ili.html)
* [JML: OpenJUMP JML format](drivers/vector/jml.html)
* [JSONFG -- OGC Features and Geometries JSON](drivers/vector/jsonfg.html)
* [KML - Keyhole Markup Language](drivers/vector/kml.html)
* [LIBKML Driver (.kml .kmz)](drivers/vector/libkml.html)
* [Dutch Kadaster LV BAG 2.0 Extract](drivers/vector/lvbag.html)
* [MapML](drivers/vector/mapml.html)
* [Memory](drivers/vector/memory.html)
* [MiraMon Vector](drivers/vector/miramon.html)
* [MapInfo TAB and MIF/MID](drivers/vector/mitab.html)
* [MongoDBv3](drivers/vector/mongodbv3.html)
* [MSSQLSpatial - Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Database](drivers/vector/mssqlspatial.html)
* [MVT: Mapbox Vector Tiles](drivers/vector/mvt.html)
* [MySQL](drivers/vector/mysql.html)
* [NAS - ALKIS](drivers/vector/nas.html)
* [NetCDF: Network Common Data Form - Vector](drivers/vector/netcdf.html)
* [NGW -- NextGIS Web](drivers/vector/ngw.html)
* [UK .NTF](drivers/vector/ntf.html)
* [OGC API - Features](drivers/vector/oapif.html)
* [Oracle Spatial](drivers/vector/oci.html)
* [ODBC RDBMS](drivers/vector/odbc.html)
* [ODS - Open Document Spreadsheet](drivers/vector/ods.html)
* [OGDI Vectors](drivers/vector/ogdi.html)
* [ESRI File Geodatabase vector (OpenFileGDB)](drivers/vector/openfilegdb.html)
* [OSM - OpenStreetMap XML and PBF](drivers/vector/osm.html)
* [(Geo)Parquet](drivers/vector/parquet.html)
* [PDF -- Geospatial PDF](drivers/vector/pdf.html)
* [PDS - Planetary Data Systems TABLE](drivers/vector/pds.html)
* [PostgreSQL SQL Dump](drivers/vector/pgdump.html)
* [ESRI Personal GeoDatabase](drivers/vector/pgeo.html)
* [PostgreSQL / PostGIS](drivers/vector/pg.html)
* [PLScenes (Planet Labs Scenes/Catalog API)](drivers/vector/plscenes.html)
* [PMTiles -- ProtoMaps Tiles](drivers/vector/pmtiles.html)
* [IHO S-57 (ENC)](drivers/vector/s57.html)
* [SDTS](drivers/vector/sdts.html)
* [Selafin files](drivers/vector/selafin.html)
* [ESRI Shapefile / DBF](drivers/vector/shapefile.html)
* [Norwegian SOSI Standard](drivers/vector/sosi.html)
* [SQLite / Spatialite RDBMS](drivers/vector/sqlite.html)
* [SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics](drivers/vector/svg.html)
* [Storage and eXchange Format - SXF](drivers/vector/sxf.html)
* [U.S. Census TIGER/Line](drivers/vector/tiger.html)
* [TileDB -- TileDB vector](drivers/vector/tiledb.html)
* [TopoJSON driver](drivers/vector/topojson.html)
* [VDV - VDV-451/VDV-452/INTREST Data Format](drivers/vector/vdv.html)
* [VFK - Czech Cadastral Exchange Data Format](drivers/vector/vfk.html)
* [VRT -- Virtual Format](drivers/vector/vrt.html)
* [WAsP - WAsP .map format](drivers/vector/wasp.html)
* [WFS - OGC WFS service](drivers/vector/wfs.html)
* [XLS - MS Excel format](drivers/vector/xls.html)
* [XLSX - MS Office Open XML spreadsheet](drivers/vector/xlsx.html)
* [XODR -- OpenDRIVE Road Description Format](drivers/vector/xodr.html)
* [User](user/index.html)
* [Raster Data Model](user/raster_data_model.html)
* [Multidimensional Raster Data Model](user/multidim_raster_data_model.html)
* [Vector Data Model](user/vector_data_model.html)
* [Geographic Networks Data Model](user/gnm_data_model.html)
* [Multi-threading](user/multithreading.html)
* [OGR SQL dialect and SQLITE SQL dialect](user/ogr_sql_sqlite_dialect.html)
* [GDAL Virtual File Systems](user/virtual_file_systems.html)
* [Feature Style Specification](user/ogr_feature_style.html)
* [Coordinate epoch support](user/coordinate_epoch.html)
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* [GDAL Python Utilities](user/gdal_python_utilities.html)
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* [Multidimensional raster](tutorials/index.html#multidimensional-raster)
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* [Geographic Network Model](tutorials/index.html#geographic-network-model)
* [Projections and Spatial Reference Systems tutorial (OSR - OGRSpatialReference)](tutorials/index.html#projections-and-spatial-reference-systems-tutorial-osr-ogrspatialreference)
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* [FAQ](faq.html)
* [What does GDAL stand for?](faq.html#what-does-gdal-stand-for)
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* [What does OGR stand for?](faq.html#what-does-ogr-stand-for)
* [What does CPL stand for?](faq.html#what-does-cpl-stand-for)
* [When was the GDAL project started?](faq.html#when-was-the-gdal-project-started)
* [Is GDAL/OGR proprietary software?](faq.html#is-gdal-ogr-proprietary-software)
* [What license does GDAL/OGR use?](faq.html#what-license-does-gdal-ogr-use)
* [What operating systems does GDAL-OGR run on?](faq.html#what-operating-systems-does-gdal-ogr-run-on)
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