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GDAL 1.5.1 Released
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Mateusz Loskot announced on his blog the release of GDAL 1.5.1. From his blog : "The March 20th, 2008 brought us new patch release of GDAL library. It doesn’t include any new features but a very tidy set of 65 bug fixes. Great Job GDAL Team!"
Head on over there for more information or the links to snag the new GDAL release.
Head on over there for more information or the links to snag the new GDAL release.
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GDAL Python for Windows
(Score:1, Interesting)Sure, there is FWTools, but I'm looking for something that works with my existing C:\Python24\ installation.