Which gdal features are needed by sf

[jeroen]

For the next version of gdal for windows it would be helpful to know which features of gdal are used and needed by sf. GDAL itself is pretty huge and some drivers have many dependencies. Carrying around large DLL's with thousands of symbols makes everything slow so I would prefer to only include external libraries which are needed.

It would be helpful if some users could help me point out which drivers are absolutely required / nice to have / not needed for R users. Below some output from ./configure --help.

The configuration for rwinlib/gdal2 version 2.1.1 can be found here.

Optional Packages:
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                          both]
  --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
  --with-sysroot=DIR Search for dependent libraries within DIR
                        (or the compiler's sysroot if not specified).
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  --without-ld-shared   Disable shared library support
  --with-unix-stdio-64=ARG Utilize 64 stdio api (yes/no)
  --with-sse=ARG        Detect SSE availability for some optimized routines (ARG=yes(default), no)
  --with-ssse3=ARG        Detect SSSE3 availability for some optimized routines (ARG=yes(default), no)
  --with-avx=ARG        Detect AVX availability for some optimized routines (ARG=yes(default), no)
  --with-hide-internal-symbols=ARG Try to hide internal symbols (ARG=yes/no)
  --with-rename-internal-libtiff-symbols=ARG Prefix internal libtiff symbols with gdal_ (ARG=yes/no)
  --with-rename-internal-libgeotiff-symbols=ARG Prefix internal libgeotiff symbols with gdal_ (ARG=yes/no)
  --with-local=dir      Include /usr/local or other local tree for INCLUDE/LIBS
  --with-threads=ARG    Include thread safe support (ARG=yes(default), no or linkopt)
  --with-libz=ARG       Include libz support (ARG=internal or libz directory)
  --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld default=no
  --with-libiconv-prefix[=DIR]  search for libiconv in DIR/include and DIR/lib
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  --with-liblzma=ARG       Include liblzma support (ARG=yes/no)
  --with-pg=ARG           Include PostgreSQL GDAL/OGR Support (ARG=path to
                          pg_config)
  --with-grass=ARG      Include GRASS support (GRASS 5.7+, ARG=GRASS install tree dir)
  --with-libgrass=ARG   Include GRASS support based on libgrass (GRASS 5.0+)
  --with-cfitsio=ARG    Include FITS support (ARG=no or libcfitsio path)
  --with-pcraster=ARG   Include PCRaster (libcsf) support (ARG=internal, no or path)
  --with-png=ARG        Include PNG support (ARG=internal, no or path)
  --with-dds=ARG        Include DDS support (ARG=no, or path)
  --with-gta=ARG        Include GTA support (ARG=no or libgta tree prefix)
  --with-pcidsk=ARG     Path to external PCIDSK SDK or internal (default)
  --with-libtiff=ARG    Libtiff library to use (ARG=internal, yes or path)
  --with-geotiff=ARG    Libgeotiff library to use (ARG=internal, yes or path)
  --with-jpeg=ARG       Include JPEG support (ARG=internal, no or path)
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  --with-gif=ARG        Include GIF support (ARG=internal, no or path)
  --with-ogdi=ARG       Include OGDI support (ARG=path)
  --with-fme=ARG        Include FMEObjects support (ARG=FME_HOME path)
  --with-sosi=ARG        Include SOSI support (ARG=SOSI lib Path, yes or no)
  --with-mongocxx=ARG        Include MongoCXX support (ARG=Path, yes or no)
  --with-boost-lib-path=ARG   Path to boost libraries for mongocxx client
  --with-hdf4=ARG       Include HDF4 support (ARG=path)
  --with-hdf5=ARG       Include HDF5 support (ARG=path)
  --with-kea=ARG      Include kealib (ARG=path to kea-config) [default=yes]
  --with-netcdf=ARG     Include netCDF support (ARG=no or netCDF tree prefix)
  --with-jasper=ARG     Include JPEG-2000 support via JasPer library (ARG=path)
  --with-openjpeg=ARG     Include JPEG-2000 support via OpenJPEG 2.0 library (ARG=path)
  --with-fgdb=ARG        Include ESRI File Geodatabase support (ARG=FGDP API Path, yes or no)
  --with-ecw=ARG        Include ECW support (ARG=ECW SDK Path, yes or no)
  --with-kakadu=ARG     Include Kakadu/JPEG2000 support
  --with-mrsid=ARG      Include MrSID support (ARG=path to MrSID DSDK or no)
  --with-jp2mrsid=ARG   Enable MrSID JPEG2000 support (ARG=yes/no)
  --with-mrsid_lidar=ARG      Include MrSID/MG4 LiDAR support (ARG=path to LizardTech LiDAR SDK or no)
  --with-j2lura=ARG    Include JP2Lua support (ARG=no, lura SDK install path)
  --with-msg=ARG          Enable MSG driver (ARG=yes or no)
  --without-bsb           Disable BSB driver (legal issues pending
  --with-oci=[ARG]        use Oracle OCI API from given Oracle home
                          (ARG=path); use existing ORACLE_HOME (ARG=yes);
                          disable Oracle OCI support (ARG=no)
  --with-oci-include=[DIR]
                          use Oracle OCI API headers from given path
  --with-oci-lib=[DIR]    use Oracle OCI API libraries from given path
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  --with-gnm            Build GNM into shared library
  --with-mysql=ARG      Include MySQL (ARG=path to mysql_config) [default=no]
  --with-ingres=ARG     Include Ingres (ARG=$II_SYSTEM)
  --with-xerces=[ARG]     use Xerces C++ Parser from given prefix (ARG=path);
                          check standard prefixes (ARG=yes); disable (ARG=no)
  --with-xerces-inc=[DIR] path to Xerces C++ Parser headers
  --with-xerces-lib=[ARG] link options for Xerces C++ Parser libraries
  --with-expat=[ARG]      use Expat XML Parser from given prefix (ARG=path);
                          check standard prefixes (ARG=yes); disable (ARG=no)
  --with-expat-inc=[DIR]  path to Expat XML Parser headers
  --with-expat-lib=[ARG]  link options for Expat XML Parser libraries
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                          check standard prefixes (ARG=yes); disable (ARG=no)
  --with-libkml-inc=[DIR] path to Google libkml headers
  --with-libkml-lib=[ARG] link options for Google libkml libraries
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  --with-dods-root=ARG  Include DODS support (ARG=no or absolute path)
  --with-curl=ARG       Include curl (ARG=path to curl-config.)
  --with-xml2=ARG       Include libxml2 (ARG=path to xml2-config.)
  --with-spatialite=ARG Include SpatiaLite support (ARG=no(default), yes, dlopen (only supported for Spatialite >= 4.1.2) or path)
  --with-spatialite-soname=ARG Spatialite shared object name (e.g. libspatialite.so), only used if --with-spatiliate=dlopen
  --with-sqlite3=[ARG]    use SQLite 3 library [default=yes], optionally
                          specify the prefix for sqlite3 library
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  --with-teigha=path Include Teigha DWG/DGN support
  --with-teigha-plt=platform Teigha platform
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                          path)
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                          path)
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  --with-mdb       Include MDB driver
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  --with-rasdaman=DIR        Include rasdaman support (DIR is rasdaman's install dir).
  --with-armadillo=ARG       Include Armadillo support for faster TPS transform computation (ARG=yes/no/path to armadillo install root) [default=no]
  --with-cryptopp=ARG       Include cryptopp support (ARG=yes, no or path)
  --without-mrf           Disable MRF driver

[mpadge]

Wanna set up a temporary sfr wiki page to collate votes on your three categories via simple counters? You'd likely get much more informative feedback than endless verbal debates within this very important issue.

[edzer]

I moved this discussion to r-spatial/discuss#14