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class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Library_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Library (computer science)">Library</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/MIT_License" title="MIT License">X/MIT</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gdal.org">gdal<wbr />.org</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q580605#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Geospatial Data Abstraction Library</b> (<b>GDAL</b>) is a computer software <a href="/wiki/Library_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Library (computer science)">library</a> for reading and writing <a href="/wiki/Raster_graphics" title="Raster graphics">raster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vector_graphics" title="Vector graphics">vector</a> <a href="/wiki/GIS_file_formats" class="mw-redirect" title="GIS file formats">geospatial data formats</a> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Shapefile" title="Shapefile">shapefile</a>), and is released under the <a href="/wiki/Permissive_free_software_licence" class="mw-redirect" title="Permissive free software licence">permissive</a> <a href="/wiki/MIT_License" title="MIT License">X/MIT style</a> free software license by the <a href="/wiki/Open_Source_Geospatial_Foundation" title="Open Source Geospatial Foundation">Open Source Geospatial Foundation</a>. As a library, it presents a single <a href="/wiki/Abstraction_(computer_science)" title="Abstraction (computer science)">abstract</a> <a href="/wiki/Data_model" title="Data model">data model</a> to the calling application for all supported formats. It may also be built with a variety of useful <a href="/wiki/Command_line_interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Command line interface">command line interface</a> <a href="/wiki/Utility_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Utility program">utilities</a> for data translation and processing. Projections and transformations are supported by the <a href="/wiki/PROJ" title="PROJ">PROJ</a> library. </p><p>The related <i>OGR</i> library (OGR Simple Features Library<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), which is part of the GDAL <a href="/wiki/Source_code_repository" class="mw-redirect" title="Source code repository">source tree</a>, provides a similar ability for simple features <a href="/wiki/Vector_graphics" title="Vector graphics">vector graphics</a> data. </p><p>GDAL was developed mainly by Frank Warmerdam until the release of version 1.3.2, when maintenance was officially transferred to the GDAL/OGR Project Management Committee under the <a href="/wiki/Open_Source_Geospatial_Foundation" title="Open Source Geospatial Foundation">Open Source Geospatial Foundation</a>. </p><p>GDAL/OGR is considered a major <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a> project for its "extensive capabilities of data exchange" and also in the commercial GIS community due to its widespread use and comprehensive set of functionalities.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Software_using_GDAL/OGR"><span id="Software_using_GDAL.2FOGR"></span>Software using GDAL/OGR</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GDAL&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Software using GDAL/OGR"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several software programs use the GDAL/OGR libraries to allow them to read and write multiple GIS formats. Such programs include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ArcGIS" title="ArcGIS">ArcGIS</a> – Uses GDAL for custom raster formats<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Avenza MAPublisher - GIS and mapping tools for <a href="/wiki/Adobe_Illustrator" title="Adobe Illustrator">Adobe Illustrator</a>. Uses GDAL for <a href="/wiki/Coordinate_system" title="Coordinate system">coordinate system</a> transformation, format reading & writing, geometry operations, & unit conversion.</li> <li>Avenza Geographic Imager - Spatial imaging tools for <a href="/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop" title="Adobe Photoshop">Adobe Photoshop</a>. Uses GDAL for coordinate system transformation, format reading & writing, & unit conversion.</li> <li>Avenza Maps - <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> & <a href="/wiki/Android_mobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Android mobile">Android mobile</a> mapping application. Uses GDAL to read metadata information for geospatial maps / data to transform them to <a href="/wiki/WGS84" class="mw-redirect" title="WGS84">WGS84</a> for offline navigation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biosphere3D" title="Biosphere3D">Biosphere3D</a> – Open source landscape scenery globe</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biotop_Invent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Biotop Invent (page does not exist)">Biotop Invent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadwork" title="Cadwork">Cadwork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exelis_Visual_Information_Solutions#ENVI" class="mw-redirect" title="Exelis Visual Information Solutions">ENVI</a> – Remote Sensing software</li> <li>ERDAS APOLLO - Image Server and remote sensing geo-services</li> <li>ERDAS GeoCompressor - Image compression to ECW and JP2 formats</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoconcept&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoconcept (page does not exist)">Geoconcept</a> integrated GDAL in its 7.1 release</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FWTools&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FWTools (page does not exist)">FWTools</a> – A cross-platform open source GIS software bundle compiled by Frank Warmerdam</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gdaltokmz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gdaltokmz (page does not exist)">gdaltokmz</a> – A <a href="/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> module translating from GDAL-supported raster graphics formats to the <a href="/wiki/Google_Earth" title="Google Earth">Google Earth</a> KMZ format</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=GeoDjango&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GeoDjango (page does not exist)">GeoDjango</a> – <a href="/wiki/Django_(web_framework)" title="Django (web framework)">Django</a>'s support for GIS-enabled databases</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=GeoDMS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GeoDMS (page does not exist)">GeoDMS</a> - A framework for building spatial calculation models.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.geoviewpro.com">GeoView Pro</a> – <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> mobile mapping application</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Earth" title="Google Earth">Google Earth</a> – A <a href="/wiki/Virtual_globe" title="Virtual globe">virtual globe</a> and world imaging program</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GRASS_GIS" title="GRASS GIS">GRASS GIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GvSIG" title="GvSIG">gvSIG</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=JMap&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JMap (page does not exist)">JMap</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MangoMap&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MangoMap (page does not exist)">MangoMap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MapServer" title="MapServer">MapServer</a></li> <li>MS4W - MapServer for Windows, a widely popular installer for the MapServer community, using GDAL for data access.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MapWindow_GIS" title="MapWindow GIS">MapWindow GIS</a> - Open Source <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> based geographic information system, <a href="/wiki/ActiveX_Control" class="mw-redirect" title="ActiveX Control">ActiveX Control</a>, and application programmer interface</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merkaartor" class="mw-redirect" title="Merkaartor">Merkaartor</a></li> <li>NASA <a href="/wiki/Ames_Stereo_Pipeline" title="Ames Stereo Pipeline">Ames Stereo Pipeline</a>, an open-source software package for photogrammetry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_World_Wind#World_Wind_Java" class="mw-redirect" title="NASA World Wind">World Wind Java</a> – NASA's open source virtual globe and world imaging technology</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Source_Geospatial_Foundation" title="Open Source Geospatial Foundation">Open Source Geospatial Foundation</a> (OSSIM) – Libraries and applications used to process imagery, maps, terrain, and vector data</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpenEV" title="OpenEV">OpenEV</a> – Geospatial toolkit and a frontend to that toolkit; to display <a href="/wiki/Georeference" class="mw-redirect" title="Georeference">georeferenced</a> images and <a href="/wiki/Elevation" title="Elevation">elevation</a> data</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orfeo_toolbox" title="Orfeo toolbox">Orfeo toolbox</a> – A satellite image processing library</li> <li><a href="/wiki/QGIS" title="QGIS">QGIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R_(programming_language)" title="R (programming language)">R</a> – An open source statistical software with extensions for spatial data analysis.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAGA_GIS" title="SAGA GIS">SAGA GIS</a> – A cross-platform open source GIS software</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TopoQuest" title="TopoQuest">TopoQuest</a> – Internet topographic map viewer</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rolta_Geomatica_software&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rolta Geomatica software (page does not exist)">Rolta Geomatica software</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supported_raster_data_formats">Supported raster data formats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GDAL&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Supported raster data formats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of version 2.2.3, GDAL/OGR provides at least partial support for 154 raster and 93 vector geospatial data formats.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A subset of data formats is supported to ensure the ability to directly create files and georeferencing them with the default GDAL compiling options. </p><p>Here follows the list of data formats whose support is, by default, compiled to allow creation and georeferencing. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"> <tbody><tr> <th style="padding:0 10px;">Raster data format name </th> <th style="padding:0 10px;">Code </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arc/Info_ASCII_Grid" class="mw-redirect" title="Arc/Info ASCII Grid">Arc/Info ASCII Grid</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>AAIGrid </td></tr> <tr> <td>ADRG/ARC Digitalized Raster Graphics (.gen/.thf)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>ADRG </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bathymetric_Attributed_Grid" class="mw-redirect" title="Bathymetric Attributed Grid">Bathymetric Attributed Grid</a> (.bag)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>BAG </td></tr> <tr> <td>Magellan BLX Topo (.blx, .xlb)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>BLX </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BMP_file_format" title="BMP file format">Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap</a> (.bmp)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>BMP </td></tr> <tr> <td>VTP <a href="/w/index.php?title=Binary_Terrain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Binary Terrain (page does not exist)">Binary Terrain</a> Format (.bt)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>BT </td></tr> <tr> <td>Military Elevation Data (.dt0, .dt1, .dt2)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>DTED </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Environmental_Systems_Research_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental Systems Research Institute">ESRI</a> .hdr Labelled<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>EHdr </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> ELAS<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>ELAS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Exelis_Visual_Information_Solutions#ENVI" class="mw-redirect" title="Exelis Visual Information Solutions">ENVI</a> .hdr Labelled Raster<sup id="cite_ref-gdal_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gdal-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>ENVI </td></tr> <tr> <td>ERMapper (.ers)<sup id="cite_ref-gdal_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gdal-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>ERS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a> .gtx vertical datum shift</td> <td>GTX </td></tr> <tr> <td>HF2/HFZ heightfield raster<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>HF2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Erdas_Imagine" class="mw-redirect" title="Erdas Imagine">Erdas Imagine</a> (.img)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>HFA </td></tr> <tr> <td>Image Display and Analysis (WinDisp)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>IDA </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ILWIS" title="ILWIS">ILWIS</a> Raster Map (.mpr,.mpl)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>ILWIS </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Intergraph" title="Intergraph">Intergraph</a> Raster<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>INGR </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USGS" class="mw-redirect" title="USGS">USGS</a> <a href="/wiki/Astrogeology_Research_Program" title="Astrogeology Research Program">Astrogeology</a> <a href="/wiki/Integrated_Software_for_Imagers_and_Spectrometers" title="Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers">Isis</a> cube (Version 2)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>ISIS2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>KMLSUPEROVERLAY</td> <td>KMLSUPEROVERLAY </td></tr> <tr> <td>In Memory Raster<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>MEM </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vexcel MFF<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>MFF </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vexcel MFF2<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>MFF2 (HKV) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Imagery_Transmission_Format" title="National Imagery Transmission Format">NITF</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>NITF </td></tr> <tr> <td>NTv2 Datum Grid Shift</td> <td>NTv2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/PCI_Geomatica" title="PCI Geomatica">PCI Geomatica</a> Database File<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>PCIDSK </td></tr> <tr> <td>Raster Matrix Format (*.rsw, .mtw)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>RMF </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IDRISI" class="mw-redirect" title="IDRISI">Idrisi</a> Raster<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>RST </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SAGA_GIS" title="SAGA GIS">SAGA GIS</a> Binary format<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>SAGA </td></tr> <tr> <td>SGI Image Format<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>SGI </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Radar_Topography_Mission" title="Shuttle Radar Topography Mission">SRTM</a> HGT Format<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>SRTMHGT </td></tr> <tr> <td>USGS ASCII DEM / CDED (.dem)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>USGSDEM </td></tr> <tr> <td>GDAL Virtual (.vrt)<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>VRT </td></tr> <tr> <td>ASCII Gridded XYZ<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>XYZ </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supported_vector_data_formats">Supported vector data formats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GDAL&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Supported vector data formats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GDAL supports a variety of vector data formats as seen <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/index.html">here</a>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ojs.info.gscc.osaka-cu.ac.jp/JI/include/getdoc.php?id=133&article=36&mode=pdf">the original</a> on 2011-08-23.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Informatics&rft.atitle=Advances+in+Free+Software+Geographic+Information+Systems&rft.date=2006&rft.au=Neteler+M.%2C+Raghavan+V.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fojs.info.gscc.osaka-cu.ac.jp%2FJI%2Finclude%2Fgetdoc.php%3Fid%3D133%26article%3D36%26mode%3Dpdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGDAL" class="Z3988"></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> Extensive capabilities of data exchange are essential for the daily <a href="/wiki/GIS" class="mw-redirect" title="GIS">GIS</a> work. GRASS profits from an external project, the GDAL/OGR library <<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.gdal.org">http://www.gdal.org</a>>. This <a href="/wiki/FOSS" class="mw-redirect" title="FOSS">FOSS</a> library is also used even by global data vendors as well as in some proprietary GIS applications. Many of the raster and vector formats supported for reading can be also be generated.</p></blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMark_Wilcox2009" class="citation book cs1">Mark Wilcox (2009). <i>Porting to the Symbian Platform: Open Mobile Development in C/C++</i>. 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