= gdal = 

 * Raster / Vector format geospatial data access library
 * GDAL/OGR 1.5.x ABI compatible (normally built from branches/1.5 stable branch)
 * Home: http://www.gdal.org/
 * Utility Docs: http://www.gdal.org/gdal_utilities.html
 * Currently all one package for libraries, commands and docs.
 * Does not include other language bindings (separate packages)
 * Lots of extra formats ought to be added, including HDF4, OGDI, !JasPer (maybe), ecw (nonfree), mrsid (nonfree), DODS/OPeNDAP
 * Required by !MapServer, GRASS, OSSIM, QGIS
 * Requires libtiff, libjpeg, libgeotiff, proj, hdf5, curl, geos, libmysql, sqlite3, netcdf, libpq, expat, xerces-c
 * Maintainer is FrankWarmerdam