# Integrating Variables with ParaView with GDAL (v 5.13.0)
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/integrating-variables-with-paraview-with-gdal-v-5-13-0/15236
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 14, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/integrating-variables-with-paraview-with-gdal-v-5-13-0/15236 "2024-08-14T15:45:30Z")
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### Author:  [@lostindirectories123](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lostindirectories123)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/integrating-variables-with-paraview-with-gdal-v-5-13-0/15236/1 "2024-08-14T15:45:30Z")
Hello, I am a new user of ParaView and plan to use it to analyze geospatial datasets. I downloaded the most recent version of ParaView, and from what I understand since the release of v5.9.0 the software can handle geospatial files with GDAL (I already have GDAL installed too). Is this correct? So I do not have to install from source with GDAL enabled?
Another issue is that I managed to upload the GeoTIFF of my masked Digital Elevation Model, and got as far as converting cell to point data, then integrate to get a volume. However, the value I got is too low than what I’m expecting. I’m not sure whether I am integrating the right variables i.e. the elevation. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@danlipsa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/danlipsa)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/integrating-variables-with-paraview-with-gdal-v-5-13-0/15236/2 "2024-08-15T13:32:01Z")
> Hello, I am a new user of ParaView and plan to use it to analyze geospatial datasets. I downloaded the most recent version of ParaView, and from what I understand since the release of v5.9.0 the software can handle geospatial files with GDAL (I already have GDAL installed too). Is this correct? So I do not have to install from source with GDAL enabled?
ParaView 5.13 binary includes raster and vector readers using GDAL 3.7.1. So you don’t need GDAL installed.
> Another issue is that I managed to upload the GeoTIFF of my masked Digital Elevation Model, and got as far as converting cell to point data, then integrate to get a volume. However, the value I got is too low than what I’m expecting. I’m not sure whether I am integrating the right variables i.e. the elevation. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Can you include your data and better explain what you are doing?
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### Author:  [@lostindirectories123](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lostindirectories123)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/integrating-variables-with-paraview-with-gdal-v-5-13-0/15236/4 "2024-08-20T07:22:01Z")
I have talked with another user and found the solution. Thanks, though!