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According to GDAL's official site, GDAL 2.1 OGRDataSource class is deprecated and GDALDataset should be used. Methods like OGR_DS_GetLayerByName should be replaced by GDALDatasetGetLayerByName().

Now in GDAL for C#, latest 2.1.0 version, I cannot find this new methods in the Gdal.Dataset class.

Where did they go?

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You've referenced the C++ API, but the functions you've listed are in the C API.

The C# API does mirror the C++ API, so instead of looking for the GDALDatasetGetLayerByName function, you need to be using the GDALDataset::GetLayerByName function on the GDALDataset class.

An example of this is given in the the GDAL C# bindings examples, such as OGRLayerAlg (starting at line 76):

DataSource ds1 = Ogr.Open(args[1], 0);
/* ... */
Layer layer1 = ds1.GetLayerByName(args[2]);
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  • (damned Enter Key!) I know there is not a direct name mapping. What I am trying to say is that in C++, in class Dataset, you have classes like GetLayerByName and GetLayerCount, but there is no call for this methods in C#. On the other hand Ogr.DataSource class is deprecated and we should start using Gdal.DataSet classes, so I am stuck! Thank you!
    – hugomau
    Commented Oct 25, 2016 at 8:01
  • Putting things clearer. the method you are calling in the example (GetLayerByName) is deprecated for version 2.1.1. As an alternative the documentation states that one should use 'Gdal.Dataset.GetLayerByName'. Now in C# this methods are not implemented. This is my problem. Thank you
    – hugomau
    Commented Oct 26, 2016 at 8:05

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