diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdal/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdal/package.py
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+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdal/package.py
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+from spack import *
+
+class Gdal(Package):
+    """
+    GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial
+    data formats that is released under an X/MIT style Open Source
+    license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. As a library,
+    it presents a single raster abstract data model and vector
+    abstract data model to the calling application for all supported
+    formats. It also comes with a variety of useful command line
+    utilities for data translation and processing
+    """
+
+    homepage   = "http://www.gdal.org/"
+    url        = "http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/2.0.2/gdal-2.0.2.tar.gz"
+    list_url   = "http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/"
+    list_depth = 2
+
+    version('2.0.2', '573865f3f59ba7b4f8f4cddf223b52a5')
+
+    extends('python')
+
+    variant('hdf5', default=False, description='Enable HDF5 support')
+    variant('hdf', default=False, description='Enable HDF4 support')
+    variant('openjpeg', default=False, description='Enable JPEG2000 support')
+    variant('geos', default=False, description='Enable GEOS support')
+    variant('kea', default=False, description='Enable KEA support')
+    variant('netcdf', default=False, description='Enable netcdf support')
+
+    depends_on('swig')
+    depends_on("hdf5", when='+hdf5')
+    depends_on("hdf", when='+hdf')
+    depends_on("openjpeg", when='+openjpeg')
+    depends_on("geos", when='+geos')
+    depends_on("kealib", when='+kea')
+    depends_on("netcdf", when='+netcdf')
+    depends_on("libtiff")
+    depends_on("libpng")
+    depends_on("zlib")
+    depends_on("proj")
+    depends_on("py-numpy")
+
+    parallel = False
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        args = []
+        args.append("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
+        args.append("--with-liblzma=yes")
+        args.append("--with-zlib=%s" % spec['zlib'].prefix)
+        args.append("--with-python=%s" % spec['python'].prefix.bin + "/python")
+        args.append("--without-libtool")
+
+        if '+geos' in spec:
+            args.append('--with-geos=yes')
+        if '+hdf' in spec:
+            args.append('--with-hdf4=%s' % spec['hdf'].prefix)
+        if '+hdf5' in spec:
+            args.append('--with-hdf5=%s' % spec['hdf5'].prefix)
+        if '+openjpeg' in spec:
+            args.append('--with-openjpeg=%s' % spec['openjpeg'].prefix)
+        if '+kea' in spec:
+            args.append('--with-kea=yes')
+        if '+netcdf' in spec:
+            args.append('--with-netcdf=%s' % spec['netcdf'].prefix)
+
+        configure(*args)
+
+        make()
+        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..475d21e1d8059e0db02b67146dcf48004734f6c9
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+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py
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+from spack import *
+
+class Kealib(Package):
+    """An HDF5 Based Raster File Format
+    
+    KEALib provides an implementation of the GDAL data model.
+    The format supports raster attribute tables, image pyramids,
+    meta-data and in-built statistics while also handling very
+    large files and compression throughout.
+    
+    Based on the HDF5 standard, it also provides a base from which
+    other formats can be derived and is a good choice for long
+    term data archiving. An independent software library (libkea)
+    provides complete access to the KEA image format and a GDAL
+    driver allowing KEA images to be used from any GDAL supported software.
+    
+    Development work on this project has been funded by Landcare Research.
+    """
+    homepage = "http://kealib.org/"
+    url      = "https://bitbucket.org/chchrsc/kealib/get/kealib-1.4.5.tar.gz"
+
+    version('1.4.5', '112e9c42d980b2d2987a3c15d0833a5d')
+
+    depends_on("hdf5")
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        with working_dir('trunk', create=False):
+            cmake_args = []
+            cmake_args.append("-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%s" % prefix)
+            cmake_args.append("-DHDF5_INCLUDE_DIR=%s" % spec['hdf5'].prefix.include)
+            cmake_args.append("-DHDF5_LIB_PATH=%s" % spec['hdf5'].prefix.lib)
+            cmake('.', *cmake_args)
+
+            make()
+            make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openjpeg/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openjpeg/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..afec197d11242ad8076d872f8032c0e7376943c4
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+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openjpeg/package.py
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+from spack import *
+
+class Openjpeg(Package):
+    """
+    OpenJPEG is an open-source JPEG 2000 codec written in C language.
+    It has been developed in order to promote the use of JPEG 2000, a
+    still-image compression standard from the Joint Photographic
+    Experts Group (JPEG).
+    Since April 2015, it is officially recognized by ISO/IEC and
+    ITU-T as a JPEG 2000 Reference Software.
+    """
+    homepage = "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg"
+    url      = "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/archive/version.2.1.tar.gz"
+
+    version('2.1'  , '3e1c451c087f8462955426da38aa3b3d')
+    version('2.0.1', '105876ed43ff7dbb2f90b41b5a43cfa5')
+    version('2.0'  , 'cdf266530fee8af87454f15feb619609')
+    version('1.5.2', '545f98923430369a6b046ef3632ef95c')
+    version('1.5.1', 'd774e4b5a0db5f0f171c4fc0aabfa14e')
+
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        cmake('.', *std_cmake_args)
+
+        make()
+        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-tuiview/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-tuiview/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..984b4196b1989c8f3853cf9b0f35260c26ec4954
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+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-tuiview/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from spack import *
+
+class PyTuiview(Package):
+    """
+       TuiView is a lightweight raster GIS with powerful raster attribute
+       table manipulation abilities.
+    """
+    homepage = "https://bitbucket.org/chchrsc/tuiview"
+    url      = "https://bitbucket.org/chchrsc/tuiview/get/tuiview-1.1.7.tar.gz"
+
+    version('1.1.7', '4b3b38a820cc239c8ab4a181ac5d4c30')
+
+    extends("python")
+    depends_on("py-pyqt")
+    depends_on("py-numpy")
+    depends_on("gdal")
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        python('setup.py', 'install', '--prefix=%s' % prefix)