GDAL Development Begins
Frank Warmerdam begins coding GDAL, driven by the need for a robust, open-source library to translate raster geospatial data formats.
Significance
This marks the genesis of the entire project, laying the technical foundation for future geospatial interoperability.
Key facts
- Date
- 1997-01-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- Internet (Frank Warmerdam's personal development)