title: Incorporating GDAL/OGR into an iOS project - A quick guide
body: <p>Here is the problem:
  <a href="http://www.gdal.org" rel="noreferrer">GDAL</a> is a fantastic open source library designed to manage complex GIS data, both raster as well as vector. It is fully compiled for the <a href="http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks" rel="noreferrer">Mac OS</a> (courtesy of William Kyngesburye) and other platforms but not for iOS.</p>
  
  <p>Browsing the net you can find bits and pieces of (relatively old) information on the topic of creating an iOS library, starting with the famous script from <a href="http://pseudogreen.org/blog/build_autoconfed_libs_for_iphone.html" rel="noreferrer">pseudogreen</a> which was written over 3 years ago. There are also bits and pieces on stack-overflow such as <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5507688/gdal-ogr-on-the-iphone">GDAL / OGR on the iPhone</a> which provide additional information.</p>
  
  <p>This article is meant to cover all the steps I took which led me to a fully functional integration of GDAL/OGR in a simple iOS app using iOS6 and XCode 4.5.5</p>