godal

Functions return results and errors in standard Go fashion, ensuring clean code, as shown in examples where Open returns a dataset and error, with valid results only on nil error.

Groups frequent GDAL calls into single CGO functions to minimize cross-language overhead, improving speed for operations like reading dataset structure and band overviews.

Exposes a VSI handler that treats io.ReaderAt as filenames, with built-in support for URIs like gs:// via osio, enabling seamless access to remote data sources.

The raster side is nearly complete and stable, providing reliable tools for processing satellite imagery, elevation models, and other raster datasets without API churn.