libgeotiff

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "[![Windows CI](https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiff/workflows/Windows%20CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiff/actions)\n[![Travis Status](https://travis-ci.org/OSGeo/libgeotiff.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/OSGeo/libgeotiff)\n[![Release Version](https://img.shields.io/github/release/OSGeo/libgeotiff)](https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiff/releases)\n\n# libgeotiff\n\nThis library is designed to permit the extraction and parsing of the \"GeoTIFF\" Key directories, as well as definition and installation of GeoTIFF keys in new files. More information about GeoTIFF specifications, projection codes and use can be found [here](https://www.ogc.org/standards/geotiff). Information on the mailing list and archived SVN repository can be found [here](https://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/)\n\nArchived releases can be found on the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiff/releases) or the [OSGeo archive page](http://download.osgeo.org/geotiff/)\n\nTo ask questions and to follow release announcements, subscribe at the [mailing list](https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geotiff).\n\nYou can also report [issues](https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiff/issues) (do not use issue tracker for questions)\n\n## Dependencies\n\n[LibTIFF](http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/)\n\n[PROJ](https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ)\n\n[SQLite3](https://sqlite.org/index.html), as a dependency of PROJ\n\n## Compilation Instructions\n\n`libgeotiff` supports out of tree builds.\n\n### Linux\n```\ncd libgeotiff\n./autogen.sh\n./configure\nmake dist\ntar xvzf libgeotiff*.tar.gz\ncd libgeotiff*\nmkdir build_autoconf\ncd build_autoconf\nCFLAGS=\"-Wall -Wextra -Werror\" ../configure\nmake -j3\nmake check\ncd ..\nmkdir build_cmake\ncd build_cmake\ncmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=\"-Wall -Wextra -Werror\" ..\nmake -j3\n```\n\n### Windows\n\n`libgeotiff` should work with the [Visual Studio toolchain](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/features/cplusplus/). See [.appveyor.yml](https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotif",
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  "why_use_this": "Essential dependency for GIS and geospatial tools that need to parse or embed geographic coordinate systems, projections, and geodetic data in TIFF images. Provides both a C library for programmatic access and command-line utilities (geotifcp, listgeo) for inspecting and manipulating GeoTIFF tags. Widely used in remote sensing, cartography, and scientific imaging workflows."
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