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rgdal (version 0.2-6)
Bindings for the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
Description
Provides bindings to Frank Warmerdam's Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) (>= 1.1.8) - this version with new-style classes. The GDAL library is external to the package, and must be correctly installed first.