GeoTools 25.2

Thank you for downloading GeoTools 25.2. This release was created on July 19 2021.

This release contains only a subset of the current GeoTools code base. The full GeoTools code base contains additional unsupported modules covering experiments with a range of additional data formats. Only the modules which are considered to be stable have been included in this release.

For more information, and documentation on the GeoTools library please see the GeoTools User Guide.

The user guide includes the following tutorials:

Quickstart (Eclipse , Netbeans or Maven)
Feature Tutorial
Geometry CRSTutorial
Query Tutorial
Image Tutorial
Map Style Tutorial
Additional tutorials cover topics such as making your own function, process or datastore.

Welcome to GeoTools development!

Reference

The following is provided as a quick reference only, please the GeoTools User Guide.

Runtime Environment

To use the GeoTools libraries you will need:

Java 11: OpenJDK distribution tested
Java 8: Oracle JDK implementations tested

Details on JRE compatibility and optional extensions are found in our developers guide.

Quickstart

As a java library GeoTools is intended for use within your own program, the binary distribution includes jars of the geotools library, and third-party jars required for their operation.

The GeoTools utility class provide a main method to verify installation:

java -cp "lib/*" org.geotools.util.factory.GeoTools

To compile and run Quickstart.java:

mkdir bin
javac -cp "lib/*" -d bin src/org/geotools/tutorial/quickstart/Quickstart.java 
java -cp "lib/*:bin" org.geotools.tutorial.quickstart.Quickstart

For more information see user Guide Quickstart.

Building (Optional)

In order to build GeoTools you will need a copy of Apache Maven project management tool.

With maven installed, you can perform a full build from the GeoTools folder and typing:

mvn install

Please read the User Guide for more information about maven.

Getting Involved (Recommended)

The gt2-users mailing list is provided for general inquiries, with additional support options are available in the user guide.

If you are interested in the future development of GeoTools join the geotools-devel mailing list. We welcome contributions of new modules as well as keen developers who want to work on the project as a whole. For background on how the project functions see the Developers' Guide.

For the latest news, or to find out more about the mailing lists visit the GeoTools Homepage.

Thanks for your interest in GeoTools,

The GeoTools Project Management Committee, Open Source Geospatial Foundation