an open source (LGPL) Java code library which provides standards compliant methods for the manipulation of geospatial data

GeoTools is an open source (LGPL) Java code library which provides standards compliant methods for the manipulation of geospatial data, for example to implement Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The GeoTools library implements Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications as they are developed, in close collaboration with the GeoAPI and GeoWidgets projects. The capabilities of Geotools are presented in the feature list.






Geotools is used by a number of projects including Web Feature Servers, Web Map Servers, and desktop applications,