FAQ page for frequently asked questions about Geotools use, coding and culture.

• 1 General — Questions about the GeoTools project as a whole
  • 1 What is GeoTools 2
  • 2 What is the OGC
  • 3 What is the relationship between the OGC and GeoTools
  • 4 What's the difference between GT1, GT2, GeoTools and GeoTools-lite
  • 5 How can I tell the difference between GeoTools-lite code and GeoTools 2.0 code
  • 6 What version of Java do I need to run GeoTools
  • 7 Why don't you support older versions of Java
  • 8 What free data sources are available
  • 9 How and where to communicate with us
  • Hidden Layer(How change two layer?)
• 2 Build — Questions about common problems when trying to build GeoTools from source
  • 0 Where do I find the Source Code
  • 1 Where can I get more details on how to build GeoTools
  • 2 What is Maven and why do you use it
  • 3 I've just tried to build for the first time and it failed
  • 4 Maven is complaining that it can't download a specific jar
  • 5 I saw lots of error messages whilst building. What went wrong
  • 6 Can Geotools2 be used on Mac OS X
  • 7 Can Geotools be built or used with a free or open source java implementation
  • 8 Can Geotools be used with mono or .NET
• 3 Using — Questions about using the geotools library
  • 1 What is the difference between DataSource and DataStore
  • 2 What is the difference between FeatureSource, FeatureStore and FeatureLocking
  • 3 What is the difference between Geometry and Geometry
  • 4 What is the difference between GridCoverage and GridCoverage
  • 5 Get an image from a MapContext in less than 1 second
  • 6 Difference between getSchema and getFeatureType
  • 7 FactoryFinder does not work when running in Eclipse
  • What is a FID

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