GeoTools Documentation

Quickstart to get up and running with GeoTools in minutes:

• Eclipse Quickstart ( stable )
• NetBeans Quickstart ( stable )
• Maven command line Quickstart

GeoTools API

GeoTools javadocs are available online ( stable ) or download them as a zip file.

User Guide

The GeoTools user guide is available online:

User Guide ( stable | maintenance )

Tutorials, module reference and examples illustrating the uses of GeoTools. Updated with build instructions and advanced tutorials and integration instructions.

The user guide is available for download as a zip file.

Tutorials ( stable | maintenance )

Step by step tutorials intorducing both GeoTools and geospatial concepts for Java developers.

FAQ ( stable | maintenance )

Convey wisdom gleaned from the GeoTools user list.

Developing GeoTools

See the Get Involved page for the Developer’s Guide , issue tracker and information on joining the GeoTools community.

For the impatient, please read at least the contributor guidelines before start working on your code contributions to the project.

Welcome Developers

We would like to welcome developers from the following GeoTools powered projects.

Geomajas GeoServer uDig