GDAL modernization webinar and FAQ

The #GDAL Project Steering Committee recently hosted a webinar highlighting the major #modernization of the GDAL command-line interface, featuring the unification of commands and improved parameter consistency. You can now catch up on all the details through the webinar slides, the recording, and a Q&A summary.
Author

Ralph Straumann

Published

June 7, 2025

As announced a few weeks ago, on June 3rd, the GDAL Project Steering Committee (PSC) hosted a webinar on the modernization of GDAL CLI1 , which was initiated with the release of version 3.11 on May 13th. At the center of the modernization stands the unification of many different commands into a single gdal command2, along with more consistent parameter names and order.3

If you’d like to catch up on these recent GDAL developments: The PSC has published both the webinar slides and the recording (52 minutes). Additionally, at the end of the slide deck, 10 slides have been added summarizing the most important questions and answers that came up during the session.

Footnotes

  1. Command-line interface↩︎

  2. You can see some before-after examples of the simplication here or, of course, in the migration guide.↩︎

  3. With a nod to Middle Earth, Keith Jenkins summed it up differently.↩︎