#endif

    return CPLPrintString( pszBuffer, szTemp, nMaxLen );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                          CPLPrintPointer()                           */
/************************************************************************/

/**
 * Print pointer value into specified string buffer. This string will not
 * be NULL-terminated.
 *
 * @param Pointer to the destination string buffer. Should be
 * large enough to hold the resulting string. Note, that the string will
 * not be NULL-terminated, so user should do this himself, if needed.
 *
 * @param pValue Pointer to ASCII encode.
 * 
 * @param nMaxLen Maximum length of the resulting string. If string length
 * is greater than nMaxLen, it will be truncated.
 * 
 * @return Number of characters printed.
 */

int CPLPrintPointer( char *pszBuffer, void *pValue, int nMaxLen )
{
    char    szTemp[64];

    if ( !pszBuffer )
        return 0;

    if ( nMaxLen >= 64 )
        nMaxLen = 63;

    sprintf( szTemp, "%p", pValue );

    // On windows, and possibly some other platforms the sprintf("%p")
    // does not prefix things with 0x so it is hard to know later if the
    // value is hex encoded.  Fix this up here. 

    if( !EQUALN(szTemp,"0x",2) )
        sprintf( szTemp, "0x%p", pValue );

    return CPLPrintString( pszBuffer, szTemp, nMaxLen );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                          CPLPrintDouble()                            */
/************************************************************************/

/**
 * Print double value into specified string buffer. Exponential character
 * flag 'E' (or 'e') will be replaced with 'D', as in Fortran. Resulting
 * string will not to be NULL-terminated.
 *
 * @param Pointer to the destination string buffer. Should be
 * large enough to hold the resulting string. Note, that the string will
 * not be NULL-terminated, so user should do this himself, if needed.
 *
 * @param Format specifier (for example, "%16.9E").
 *
 * @param dfValue Numerical value to print.
 * 
 * @param pszLocale Pointer to a character string containing locale name
 * ("C", "POSIX", "us_US", "ru_RU.KOI8-R" etc.). If NULL we will not
 * manipulate with locale settings and current process locale will be used for
 * printing. With the pszLocale option we can control what exact locale
 * will be used for printing a numeric value to the string (in most cases
 * it should be C/POSIX).
 *
 * @return Number of characters printed.
 */

int CPLPrintDouble( char *pszBuffer, const char *pszFormat,
                    double dfValue, char *pszLocale )
{

#define DOUBLE_BUFFER_SIZE 64

    char    szTemp[DOUBLE_BUFFER_SIZE];
    int     i;

    if ( !pszBuffer )
        return 0;

#if defined(HAVE_LOCALE_H) && defined(HAVE_SETLOCALE)
    char        *pszCurLocale = NULL;

    if ( pszLocale || EQUAL( pszLocale, "" ) )
    {
        // Save the current locale
        pszCurLocale = setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL );
        // Set locale to the specified value
        setlocale( LC_ALL, pszLocale );
    }
#endif

#if defined(HAVE_SNPRINTF)
    snprintf( szTemp, DOUBLE_BUFFER_SIZE, pszFormat, dfValue );
#else
    sprintf( szTemp, pszFormat, dfValue );
#endif
    szTemp[DOUBLE_BUFFER_SIZE - 1] = '\0';

    for( i = 0; szTemp[i] != '\0'; i++ )
    {
        if( szTemp[i] == 'E' || szTemp[i] == 'e' )
            szTemp[i] = 'D';
    }

#if defined(HAVE_LOCALE_H) && defined(HAVE_SETLOCALE)
    // Restore stored locale back
    if ( pszCurLocale )
        setlocale( LC_ALL, pszCurLocale );
#endif

    return CPLPrintString( pszBuffer, szTemp, 64 );

#undef DOUBLE_BUFFER_SIZE

}

/************************************************************************/
/*                            CPLPrintTime()                            */
/************************************************************************/

/**
 * Print specified time value accordingly to the format options and
 * specified locale name. This function does following:
 * 
 *  - if locale parameter is not NULL, the current locale setting will be
 *  stored and replaced with the specified one;
 *  - format time value with the strftime(3) function;
 *  - restore back current locale, if was saved.
 * 
 * @param pszBuffer Pointer to the destination string buffer. Should be
 * large enough to hold the resulting string. Note, that the string will
 * not be NULL-terminated, so user should do this himself, if needed.
 *
 * @param nMaxLen Maximum length of the resulting string. If string length is
 * greater than nMaxLen, it will be truncated.
 * 
 * @param pszFormat Controls the output format. Options are the same as
 * for strftime(3) function.
 *
 * @param poBrokenTime Pointer to the broken-down time structure. May be
 * requested with the VSIGMTime() and VSILocalTime() functions.
 *
 * @param pszLocale Pointer to a character string containing locale name
 * ("C", "POSIX", "us_US", "ru_RU.KOI8-R" etc.). If NULL we will not
 * manipulate with locale settings and current process locale will be used for
 * printing. Be aware that it may be unsuitable to use current locale for
 * printing time, because all names will be printed in your native language,
 * as well as time format settings also may be ajusted differently from the
 * C/POSIX defaults. To solve these problems this option was introdiced.
 *
 * @return Number of characters printed.
 */

#ifndef WIN32CE /* XXX - mloskot - strftime is not available yet. */

int CPLPrintTime( char *pszBuffer, int nMaxLen, const char *pszFormat,
                  const struct tm *poBrokenTime, char *pszLocale )
{
    char    *pszTemp = (char *)CPLMalloc( (nMaxLen + 1) * sizeof(char) );
    int     nChars;

#if defined(HAVE_LOCALE_H) && defined(HAVE_SETLOCALE)
    char        *pszCurLocale = NULL;

    if ( pszLocale || EQUAL( pszLocale, "" ) )
    {
        // Save the current locale
        pszCurLocale = setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL );
        // Set locale to the specified value
        setlocale( LC_ALL, pszLocale );
    }
#endif
    
    if ( !strftime( pszTemp, nMaxLen + 1, pszFormat, poBrokenTime ) )
        memset( pszTemp, 0, nMaxLen + 1);

#if defined(HAVE_LOCALE_H) && defined(HAVE_SETLOCALE)
    // Restore stored locale back
    if ( pszCurLocale )
        setlocale( LC_ALL, pszCurLocale );
#endif

    nChars = CPLPrintString( pszBuffer, pszTemp, nMaxLen );

    CPLFree( pszTemp );

    return nChars;
}

#endif

/************************************************************************/
/*                       CPLVerifyConfiguration()                       */
/************************************************************************/

void CPLVerifyConfiguration()

{
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/*      Verify data types.                                              */
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
    CPLAssert( sizeof(GInt32) == 4 );
    CPLAssert( sizeof(GInt16) == 2 );
    CPLAssert( sizeof(GByte) == 1 );

    if( sizeof(GInt32) != 4 )
        CPLError( CE_Fatal, CPLE_AppDefined, 
                  "sizeof(GInt32) == %d ... yow!\n", 
                  sizeof(GInt32) );

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/*      Verify byte order                                               */
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
    GInt32   nTest;

    nTest = 1;

#ifdef CPL_LSB
    if( ((GByte *) &nTest)[0] != 1 )
#endif
#ifdef CPL_MSB
    if( ((GByte *) &nTest)[3] != 1 )
#endif    
        CPLError( CE_Fatal, CPLE_AppDefined, 
                  "CPLVerifyConfiguration(): byte order set wrong.\n" );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                         CPLGetConfigOption()                         */
/************************************************************************/

const char * CPL_STDCALL
CPLGetConfigOption( const char *pszKey, const char *pszDefault )

{
    const char *pszResult = NULL;

    {
        CPLMutexHolderD( &hConfigMutex );

        pszResult = CSLFetchNameValue( (char **) papszConfigOptions, pszKey );
    }

#if !defined(WIN32CE) 
    if( pszResult == NULL )
        pszResult = getenv( pszKey );
#endif
    
    if( pszResult == NULL )
        return pszDefault;
    else
        return pszResult;
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                         CPLSetConfigOption()                         */
/************************************************************************/

void CPL_STDCALL 
CPLSetConfigOption( const char *pszKey, const char *pszValue )

{
    CPLMutexHolderD( &hConfigMutex );

    papszConfigOptions = (volatile char **) 
        CSLSetNameValue( (char **) papszConfigOptions, pszKey, pszValue );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                           CPLFreeConfig()                            */
/************************************************************************/

void CPL_STDCALL CPLFreeConfig()

{
    CPLMutexHolderD( &hConfigMutex );

    CSLDestroy( (char **) papszConfigOptions);
    papszConfigOptions = NULL;
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                              CPLStat()                               */
/*                                                                      */
/*      Same as VSIStat() except it works on "C:" as if it were         */
/*      "C:\".                                                          */
/************************************************************************/

int CPLStat( const char *pszPath, VSIStatBuf *psStatBuf )

{
    if( strlen(pszPath) == 2 && pszPath[1] == ':' )
    {
        char    szAltPath[10];
        
        strncpy( szAltPath, pszPath, 10 );
        strcat( szAltPath, "\\" );
        return VSIStat( szAltPath, psStatBuf );
    }
    else
        return VSIStat( pszPath, psStatBuf );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                            proj_strtod()                             */
/************************************************************************/
static double
proj_strtod(char *nptr, char **endptr) 

{
    char c, *cp = nptr;
    double result;

    /*
     * Scan for characters which cause problems with VC++ strtod()
     */
    while ((c = *cp) != '\0') {
        if (c == 'd' || c == 'D') {

            /*
             * Found one, so NUL it out, call strtod(),
             * then restore it and return
             */
            *cp = '\0';
            result = strtod(nptr, endptr);
            *cp = c;
            return result;
        }
        ++cp;
    }

    /* no offending characters, just handle normally */

    return strtod(nptr, endptr);
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                            CPLDMSToDec()                             */
/************************************************************************/

static const char*sym = "NnEeSsWw";
static const double vm[] = { 1.0, 0.0166666666667, 0.00027777778 };

double CPLDMSToDec( const char *is )

{
    int sign, n, nl;
    char *p, *s, work[64];
    double v, tv;

    /* copy sting into work space */
    while (isspace(sign = *is)) ++is;
    for (n = sizeof(work), s = work, p = (char *)is; isgraph(*p) && --n ; )
        *s++ = *p++;
    *s = '\0';
    /* it is possible that a really odd input (like lots of leading
       zeros) could be truncated in copying into work.  But ... */
    sign = *(s = work);
    if (sign == '+' || sign == '-') s++;
    else sign = '+';
    for (v = 0., nl = 0 ; nl < 3 ; nl = n + 1 ) {
        if (!(isdigit(*s) || *s == '.')) break;
        if ((tv = proj_strtod(s, &s)) == HUGE_VAL)
            return tv;
        switch (*s) {
          case 'D': case 'd':
            n = 0; break;
          case '\'':
            n = 1; break;
          case '"':
            n = 2; break;