[FWTools] Problem with GeoTIFF created by gdal_translate

David R Robison drrobison at openroadsconsulting.com
Thu Sep 3 06:23:41 EST 2009


You were right. It was the .sid.aux.xml file that was causing trouble. 
Thanks, David

Even Rouault wrote:
> This is what I suspected. The gdalinfo output shows that you have only partial
> georeferencing on the SID image : it has only a valid SRS, but no geotransform
> matrix. By default, gdalinfo will consider that the left upper corner is at
> (0,0) and the pixel size is 1. And -co TFW=YES will not produce anything as the
> geotransform matrix is not set.
>
> I see that near your .sid you have a .sdw and a .sid.aux.xml file. The later
> seems to have been produced by GDAL ? I would try to remove one or both and see
> if things improve. They are maybe conflicting with the internal georeferencing
> of the .sid
>
> Selon Roger André <randre at gmail.com>:
>
>   
>> Try using a different co flag, "worldfile=yes".  This will create a .wld
>> file that you will need to rename to .tfw.  Maybe the "TFW=yes" option isn't
>> working in that version of FWTools.
>> --
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:46 AM, David R Robison <
>> drrobison at openroadsconsulting.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>  Here is the output of the gdalinfo. The translate command I am using is as
>>> follows, yet I still don't get any .tfw file. Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> gdal_translate -of GTiff -co "TFW=YES" -co "TILED=YES" -co "BIGTIFF=YES"
>>> SegmentA.sid A.tif
>>>
>>> Driver: MrSID/Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID)
>>> Files: SegmentA.sid
>>>        SegmentA.sdw
>>>        SegmentA.sid.aux.xml
>>> Size is 56536, 139890
>>> Coordinate System is:
>>> PROJCS["VDOT Project Coordinate System",
>>>     GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",
>>>         DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",
>>>             SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],
>>>         PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
>>>         UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
>>>     PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],
>>>     PARAMETER["False_Easting",3281030.18333],
>>>     PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],
>>>     PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-78.5],
>>>     PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",38.03333333333333],
>>>     PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",39.2],
>>>     PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.00006],
>>>     PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",37.6666666666],
>>>     UNIT["Foot_US",0.3048006096012192]]
>>> Metadata:
>>>   IMAGE__COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE=2048
>>>   IMAGE__COMPRESSION_GAMMA=2.000000
>>>   IMAGE__COMPRESSION_NLEV=9
>>>   IMAGE__COMPRESSION_VERSION=2,0,0
>>>   IMAGE__COMPRESSION_WEIGHT=4.000000
>>>   IMAGE__CREATION_DATE=Mon Jul 13 19:38:30 2009
>>>
>>>
>>>   IMAGE__DYNAMIC_RANGE_LEVEL=127.500000
>>>   IMAGE__DYNAMIC_RANGE_WINDOW=256.000000
>>>   IMAGE__ENCODING_APPLICATION=GeoExpress 6.1.1.1513
>>>   IMAGE__INPUT_FILE_SIZE=9332487880.000000
>>>   IMAGE__INPUT_FORMAT=TIFF w/ World File
>>>   IMAGE__INPUT_NAME=O:\orthomaster\71080712_9-A\final\SegmentA-9.tif,
>>> O:\orthomaster\71080712_9-A\final\SegmentA-8.tif,
>>> O:\orthomaster\71080712_9-A\final\SegmentA-7.tif,
>>> O:\orthomaster\71080712_9-A\final\SegmentA-6.tif,
>>> O:\orthomaster\71080712_9-A\final\SegmentA-5.tif,
>>> O:\orthomaster\71080712_9-A\final\SegmentA-4.tif,
>>> O:\orthomaster\71080712_9-A\final\SegmentA-3.tif,
>>> O:\orthomaster\71080712_9-A\final\SegmentA-2.tif,
>>> O:\orthomaster\71080712_9-A\final\SegmentA-1.tif
>>>   IMAGE__TARGET_COMPRESSION_RATIO=20.000000
>>>   PShop__ImageResources=
>>>   IMAGE__WIDTH=56536
>>>   IMAGE__HEIGHT=139890
>>>   IMAGE__NO_DATA_VALUE=255,255,255
>>>   IMAGE__COLOR_SCHEME=0
>>>   IMAGE__DATA_TYPE=0
>>>   IMAGE__BITS_PER_SAMPLE=8
>>>   IMAGE__XY_ORIGIN=3639956.250000,478522.750000
>>>   IMAGE__X_RESOLUTION=0.500000
>>>   IMAGE__Y_RESOLUTION=0.500000
>>>   VERSION=MG2
>>> Image Structure Metadata:
>>>   INTERLEAVE=PIXEL
>>> Corner Coordinates:
>>> Upper Left  (    0.0,    0.0)
>>> Lower Left  (    0.0,139890.0)
>>> Upper Right (56536.0,    0.0)
>>> Lower Right (56536.0,139890.0)
>>> Center      (28268.0,69945.0)
>>> Band 1 Block=1024x128 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Red
>>>   Minimum=6.000, Maximum=255.000, Mean=206.491, StdDev=80.024
>>>   Overviews: 28268x69945, 14134x34973, 7067x17487, 3534x8744, 1767x4372,
>>> 884x2186, 442x1093, 221x547, 111x274
>>> Band 2 Block=1024x128 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Green
>>>   Minimum=16.000, Maximum=255.000, Mean=207.794, StdDev=77.551
>>>   Overviews: 28268x69945, 14134x34973, 7067x17487, 3534x8744, 1767x4372,
>>> 884x2186, 442x1093, 221x547, 111x274
>>> Band 3 Block=1024x128 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Blue
>>>   Minimum=3.000, Maximum=255.000, Mean=203.241, StdDev=84.977
>>>   Overviews: 28268x69945, 14134x34973, 7067x17487, 3534x8744, 1767x4372,
>>> 884x2186, 442x1093, 221x547, 111x274
>>>
>>>
>>> Even Rouault wrote:
>>>
>>> Then my guess is that your .sid is not georeferenced or the georeferencing
>>>       
>> is
>>     
>>> not recognized by GDAL. You should check with the output of gdalinfo.
>>>
>>> Selon David R Robison <drrobison at openroadsconsulting.com>
>>>       
>> <drrobison at openroadsconsulting.com>:
>>     
>>>
>>>  When I use [-co "TFW=yes"] I do not get a .tfw file. Could it be because
>>> I am translating only a portion of the MrSID? I am using FWTools 2.4.1.
>>> David
>>>
>>> Roger AndrÃf© wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hi David,
>>>
>>> I believe the problem is probably with GeoServer, and not with gdal.
>>> I think I recall getting this error in the past when I tried to
>>> register a GeoTIFF as a coverage in GeoServer, and that it was because
>>> I lacked a sidecar .tfw worldfile for my image.  You can create one as
>>> part of the gdal_translate command by adding the following creation
>>> option, [ -co "TFW=yes"].
>>>
>>> If that doesn't work, I would test that the GeoTIFF works correctly in
>>> another GIS application, and if so, would then direct the question
>>> regarding the error to the GeoServer mailing list.
>>>
>>> Best of luck,
>>>
>>> Roger
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:15 PM, David R Robison
>>> <drrobison at openroadsconsulting.com
>>> <mailto:drrobison at openroadsconsulting.com>
>>>       
>> <drrobison at openroadsconsulting.com>> wrote:
>>     
>>>     I have a large MrSID that I am trying to work with. I am using
>>>     gdal_translate to split it into smaller files and convert them to
>>>     GeoTIFF. The command I am using is:
>>>
>>>     gdal_translate -of GTiff -srcwin 0 0 1000 1000 -co "TILED=YES"
>>>     in.sid out.tif
>>>
>>>     However, when I try to add it to geoserver I get the following error:
>>>
>>>     org.geotools.data.
>>> DataSourceException: GEOTIFF Module Error Report
>>>     Unknown Raster to Model configuration.
>>>     ModelPixelScaleTag: NOT AVAILABLE
>>>     ModelTiePointTag: NOT AVAILABLE
>>>     ModelTransformationTag: NOT AVAILABLE
>>>     GeoKey #1: Key = 1, Value = null
>>>     GeoKey #2: Key = 1024, Value = 1
>>>     GeoKey #3: Key = 1025, Value = 1
>>>     GeoKey #4: Key = 1026, Value = VDOT Project Coordinate System
>>>     GeoKey #5: Key = 2048, Value = 4269
>>>     GeoKey #6: Key = 2049, Value = GCS_North_American_1983
>>>     GeoKey #7: Key = 2054, Value = 9102
>>>     GeoKey #8: Key = 2057, Value = 6378137.0
>>>     GeoKey #9: Key = 2059, Value = 298.257222101
>>>     GeoKey #10: Key = 3072, Value = 32767
>>>     GeoKey #11: Key = 3074, Value = 32767
>>>     GeoKey #12: Key = 3075, Value = 8
>>>     GeoKey #13: Key = 3076, Value = 9003
>>>     GeoKey #14: Key = 3078, Value = 38.03333333333333
>>>     GeoKey #15: Key = 3079, Value = 39.2
>>>     GeoKey #16: Key = 3084, Value = -78.5
>>>     GeoKey #17: Key = 3085, Value = 37.6666666666
>>>     GeoKey #18: Key = 3086, Value = 1000059.9999989839
>>>
>>>        at
>>>     org.geotools.gce.geotiff.GeoTiffReader.<init>(GeoTiffReader.java:259)
>>>        at
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  org.geotools.gce.geotiff.GeoTiffFormat.getReader(GeoTiffFormat.java:261)
>>>
>>>
>>>         at
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  org.geotools.gce.geotiff.GeoTiffFormat.getReader(GeoTiffFormat.java:222)
>>>
>>>
>>>      Any idea what I am doing wrong? I am new to GIS imagery.
>>>     Thanks, David
>>>
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