     TerraLib 5 - TerraLib 4.X Data Access Driver
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This folder contains an implementation of the new TerraLib 5
Data Access classes for the TerraLib 4.x series. It can acccess
spatial data in a TerraLib 4.x database format.

General Warnings:
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1. The vector dataset of this driver relies on 
   TerraLib 4.x TeQuerier API.

2. Missing values (or NULL) for string are not converted
   properly. It turns to a blank string on TerraLib 5.

3. Raster layers are converted to TIFF files
   in the file system.

Driver Dependencies:
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This driver requires the following modules in order to be built:
1. Common Runtime
2. XML
3. Plugin
4. Data Type
5. SRS
6. Geometry
7. Raster
8. Data Access

The third-party software needed:
1. TerraLib 4.X

More Information:
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The TerraLib 5 wiki contains a complete explanation about
the internals of this driver:
http://www.dpi.inpe.br/terralib5/wiki/doku.php?id=wiki:designimplementation:dataaccess:drivers:terralib4


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            National Institute For Space Research - INPE
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                            06/26/2012
