[FWTools] gdal_merge with -ps optoin is giving the following error

[Frank Warmerdam]

mzorova wrote:
> ERROR 1: Attempt to create 1x0 dataset is illegal,sizes must be larger than
> zero
> .
> Creation failed, terminating gdal_merge.
> 
> the command that causes this error:
> 
> [Mon 11/19/2007 15:22:58.60] C:\temp>gdal_merge -v -ps 1480 600 -o
> merged.tif 1.tif 2.tif 3.tif 4.tif
> 
> I did add two GCP points for each of the 1-4.tif files as well as specified
> the projection that they are in.. 
> 
> Would anyone have an idea as to what I may be doing wrong here?

Mzorova,

The -ps switch sets the size of a single pixel in the output file in the
coordinate system of the output.  I suspect your data is geographic
coordinates and you have requested a file where each pixel is 1480
degrees by 600 degrees which results in a size of less than 1 pixel by
1 pixel.

You either need to select a more appropriate output pixel size or remove
-ps completely and let gdal_merge.py pick an output size.

Best regards,
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