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- [Installation](#installation)
- [Using release binaries](#using-release-binaries)
- [Building everything from source](#building-everything-from-source)
- [Creating a binary distribution](#creating-a-binary-distribution)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Legal](#legal)

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3. Once the Conan packages are built, you will be able to build or package any Unreal project which uses the UnrealGDAL plugin as normal.

### Creating a binary distribution
Once you have built the plugin from source following the steps above, you can create a binary distribution so that other members of your team can use the plugin without following the steps in [Building everything from source](#building-everything-from-source)

1. Follow the steps listed in [Distributing projects and plugins](https://docs.adamrehn.com/conan-ue4cli/workflow/distribution). For example:

```bash
# Grab the binary dependencies from the conan cache and put them under the source directory.
ue4 conan precompute
```

2. Once the precomputed binary dependencies are included for GDAL (under the Source/GDAL directory), you can add the whole repository to a blank Unreal project under the Plugins directory, follow the steps to list the UnrealGDAL plugin as a dependency under [Usage](#usage) and build for the various configurations you want. These are probably the "Development Editor", "Development" and "Shipping" configurations in Visual Studio.

## Usage

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