[gdal-dev] GDAL CLI Modernization Webinar June 3rd at 1400 UTC

[Howard Butler]

The GDAL Project Steering Committee was pleased to announce the release of GDAL 3.11.0 on May 9th, 2025. The 2024 GDAL User Survey [1] showed the GDAL Command Line Interface (CLI) to be in need of modernization, and GDAL 3.11.0 is the first release to provide a substantial refactoring of the common interaction point of many with the nearly 27 year old software project. 

The new CLI, driven by sub-commands of the 'gdal' main program [2], is more convenient, consistent, predictable, and capable. It provides a GDAL spin on CLI concepts from rasterio, git, and others. Existing GDAL CLIs will continue to be supported as-is, but we hope the new CLI will make it easier to explore, learn, and reason about GDAL while manipulating geospatial data. In celebration of the release, Even Rouault, Dan Baston, Mike Smith, and Howard Butler of the GDAL project will be hosting a webinar to provide a deep dive into the new CLI on June 3rd at 1400 UTC.

The webinar will be recorded, but we hope you can join us live by registering at https://numfocus-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oW6mA6DNSKe8FUTm1-tkRQ

[1] https://gdal.org/en/stable/community/user_survey_2024.html
[2] https://gdal.org/en/latest/programs/index.html#gdal-application