GDAL

E427697

geospatial data abstraction library open-source software software library vector data access library

GDAL is an open-source geospatial data abstraction library widely used for reading, writing, and transforming a broad range of raster and vector geographic data formats.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
GDAL canonical	12
OGR	3
Geospatial Data Abstraction Library	2
gdalinfo	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4279528 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: GDAL
Context triple: [PostGIS, compatibleWith, GDAL]

A. QGIS
QGIS is a free, open-source geographic information system application used for viewing, editing, and analyzing geospatial data across multiple platforms.
B. GIS
The Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) is Egypt’s primary intelligence agency responsible for foreign intelligence gathering, national security, and covert operations.
C. OGIS
OGIS is the U.S. federal office that mediates Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) disputes and oversees agency FOIA compliance to improve government transparency.
D. OGC
OGC is the Office of General Counsel within the Office of Justice Programs, providing legal advice and services on justice-related programs and policies.
E. Open Geospatial Consortium
The Open Geospatial Consortium is an international industry consortium that develops open standards for geospatial and location-based services and data interoperability.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: GDAL
Target entity description: GDAL is an open-source geospatial data abstraction library widely used for reading, writing, and transforming a broad range of raster and vector geographic data formats.

A. QGIS
QGIS is a free, open-source geographic information system application used for viewing, editing, and analyzing geospatial data across multiple platforms.
B. GIS
The Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) is Egypt’s primary intelligence agency responsible for foreign intelligence gathering, national security, and covert operations.
C. OGIS
OGIS is the U.S. federal office that mediates Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) disputes and oversees agency FOIA compliance to improve government transparency.
D. OGC
OGC is the Office of General Counsel within the Office of Justice Programs, providing legal advice and services on justice-related programs and policies.
E. Open Geospatial Consortium
The Open Geospatial Consortium is an international industry consortium that develops open standards for geospatial and location-based services and data interoperability.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geospatial data abstraction library ⓘ open-source software ⓘ software library ⓘ
abbreviationOf	Geospatial Data Abstraction Library ⓘ linked to: GDAL
category	GIS library ⓘ geospatial software ⓘ
component	OGR ⓘ linked to: GDAL
fullName	Geospatial Data Abstraction Library ⓘ linked to: GDAL
governedBy	Open Source Geospatial Foundation ⓘ
hasCommandLineTool	gdal_translate ⓘ gdalbuildvrt ⓘ gdalinfo ⓘ linked to: GDAL gdalwarp ⓘ ogr2ogr ⓘ ogrinfo ⓘ
license	MIT License ⓘ
maintainer	Even Rouault ⓘ
OGRInstanceOf	vector data access library ⓘ
originalAuthor	Frank Warmerdam ⓘ
partOf	OSGeo software stack ⓘ
programmingLanguage	C++ ⓘ
providesAPIForLanguage	C ⓘ C# ⓘ linked to: C# programming language C++ ⓘ Java ⓘ Perl ⓘ Python ⓘ R ⓘ Ruby ⓘ
repository	https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal ⓘ
supportsDataType	raster data ⓘ vector data ⓘ
supportsFormatType	geographic raster format ⓘ geographic vector format ⓘ
supportsOperation	coordinate transformation ⓘ format conversion ⓘ metadata extraction ⓘ read geospatial data ⓘ reproject geospatial data ⓘ resampling ⓘ subsetting ⓘ transform geospatial data ⓘ warping ⓘ write geospatial data ⓘ
supportsPlatform	Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ
supportsStandard	GPKG ⓘ linked to: GeoPackage GeoJSON ⓘ GeoTIFF ⓘ KML ⓘ PostGIS ⓘ Shapefile ⓘ linked to: ESRI Shapefile WCS ⓘ WMS ⓘ WMTS ⓘ
usedBy	GRASS GIS ⓘ MapServer ⓘ Orfeo Toolbox ⓘ QGIS ⓘ many proprietary GIS applications ⓘ
usedFor	GIS application development ⓘ geospatial data processing ⓘ remote sensing workflows ⓘ spatial ETL ⓘ
website	https://gdal.org ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PostGIS → compatibleWith → GDAL ⓘ

QGIS → usesLibrary → GDAL ⓘ

GeoJSON → compatibleWith → GDAL ⓘ

MapServer → usesLibrary → GDAL ⓘ

MapServer → usesLibrary → OGR ⓘ

linked to: GDAL

GDAL → fullName → Geospatial Data Abstraction Library ⓘ

linked to: GDAL

GDAL → component → OGR ⓘ

linked to: GDAL

GDAL → abbreviationOf → Geospatial Data Abstraction Library ⓘ

linked to: GDAL

GDAL → hasCommandLineTool → gdalinfo ⓘ

linked to: GDAL

GeoPackage → isSupportedBy → GDAL ⓘ

Open Source Geospatial Foundation → supportsProject → GDAL ⓘ

SpatiaLite → compatibleWith → GDAL ⓘ

GeoTIFF → compatibleWith → GDAL ⓘ

GEOS → compatibleWith → GDAL ⓘ

Proj → usedBy → GDAL ⓘ

ESRI Shapefile → compatibleWith → GDAL ⓘ

MapInfo TAB → canBeReadBy → GDAL ⓘ

MapInfo TAB → canBeReadBy → OGR ⓘ

linked to: GDAL

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Referenced by (18)

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