Adding GDAL to your program

Add as Submodule

• mkdir submodules
• git submodules add https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal.git

Build GDAL submodule

• cd submodules/gdal/
• mkdir build && cd build
• cmake ..
• cmake --build . -- -j24

Write CMakeLists.txt

• See use_gdal CMakeLists.txt example
• Use C++ 17: set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
• Include target directories
  • gdal/gcore/
  • gdal/port/
  • gdal/ogr/h
  • gdal/build/gcore/
  • gdal/build/port/
• Link Library
  • gdal/build/libgdal.so

main.cpp

• #include <gdal.h>
• #include <gdal_priv.h>