[OpenMap Users] Re: Converting BMP+LatLon to GeoTiff

From: Pete Flugstad <pete.flugstad_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 21:33:42 -0500

Sorry, I sent that before I was done.

Anyway, any suggestions on the best way to import this data into OpenMap?
If I don't have to convert to GeoTIFF that would be fine as well.

Thanks,
Pete

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Pete Flugstad <pete.flugstad_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a several hundred bmp files with associated .wif files,
> which contain the Lat/Lon information for the BMP.   The
> .wif files have contents like:
>
>   token World_Information
>      Corner1     : -90.0 -180.0 0.0
>      Corner2     : -45.0 -180.0 0.0
>      Corner3     : -45.0 -135.0 0.0
>      Corner4     : -90.0 -135.0 0.0
>      Transparent :  0  0  0  255
>      Name        : "World"
>   end
>
> My end goal is to display these in OpenMap, and I figured the easiest
> way would be to turn them into GeoTIFFs.  So I've been trying to use
> gdal_translate to convert them into geotiffs, applying the lat/lon along the
> way.   The resulting files seem to be geotiff's but not valid ones as far
> as OpenMap is concerned.  I get listgeo shows (not real data):
>
>
> $ listgeo.exe File.tif
> Geotiff_Information:
>   Version: 1
>   Key_Revision: 1.0
>   Tagged_Information:
>      ModelTransformationTag (4,4):
>         -2.69633463541308e-0060                0                41.8123456
>         0                2.6963346354177e-0060                -87.76737304
>         0                0                0                0
>         0                0                0                1
>      End_Of_Tags.
>   Keyed_Information:
>      GTModelTypeGeoKey (Short,1): ModelTypeGeographic
>      GTRasterTypeGeoKey (Short,1): RasterPixelIsArea
>      GeographicTypeGeoKey (Short,1): GCS_WGS_84
>      GeogCitationGeoKey (Ascii,7): "WGS 84"
>      GeogAngularUnitsGeoKey (Short,1): Angular_Degree
>      GeogSemiMajorAxisGeoKey (Double,1): 6378137
>      GeogInvFlatteningGeoKey (Double,1): 298.257223563
>      End_Of_Keys.
>   End_Of_Geotiff.
>
> GCS: 4326/WGS 84
> Datum: 6326/World Geodetic System 1984
> Ellipsoid: 7030/WGS 84 (6378137.00,6356752.31)
> Prime Meridian: 8901/Greenwich (0.000000/  0d 0' 0.00"E)
>
> Corner Coordinates:
> Upper Left    (41.8123456,-87.76737304)
> Lower Left    (41.8123456,-87.76737304)
> Upper Right   (41.8123456,-87.76737304)
> Lower Right   (41.8123456,-87.76737304)
> Center        (41.8123456,-87.76737304)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>

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