<div dir="ltr"><div>Ah yes. Sorry I didn&#39;t even notice that in the original post. As Brent notes, gdalwarp does coordinate transformations (reprojects), gdal_translate does not.<br><br></div>Rich<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Brent Fraser <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bfraser@geoanalytic.com" target="_blank">bfraser@geoanalytic.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

  
    
  
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    <div>Mark,<br>
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        If you want to reproject the data, I think you need to use
      gdalwarp.<br>
      <pre cols="72">Best Regards,
Brent Fraser</pre><div><div class="h5">
      On 8/29/2014 7:54 AM, Mark Volz wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Richard
            and others,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">I
            think I am close to projecting using gdal, but I am having
            issues with the to srs parameter.  I first tried to supply
            to srs code, which I thought should work because the code
            103749 is defined in c:\ms4w\proj\nad\epsg, and works in my
            mapserver applications.  Next, I tried to supply the Proj.4
            definition.  That did not work either.  In both cases I
            received the following error:  Option -t_srs incomplete, or
            not recognised. Please let me know if there is a type-o in
            the following commands.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">gdal_translate
            -a_srs epsg:26915 -t_srs espg:103749 -CO TILED=YES -CO
            PHOTOMETRIC=YCBCR -CO TFW=YES -CO COMPRESS=JPEG -CO
            BIGTIFF=YES ortho_1-1_1n_s_mn081_2013_1.sid lin13.tif<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">gdal_translate
            -a_srs epsg:26915 -t_srs &quot;+proj=lcc +lat_1=44.25
            +lat_2=44.58333333333334 +lat_0=44.19555555555555
            +lon_0=-95.85000000000001 +x_0=152400.3048006096
            +y_0=30480.06096012192 +a=6378559.758 + b=6357173.65471281
            +units=ft +no_defs&quot; -CO TILED=YES -CO PHOTOMETRIC=YCBCR -CO
            TFW=YES -CO COMPRESS=JPEG -CO BIGTIFF=YES
            ortho_1-1_1n_s_mn081_2013_1.sid lin13.tif<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">p.s. 
            I noticed that “recognised” is either misspelled or possibly
            another English variant of the “recognized”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Mark
              Volz, GISP<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Lyon
              County GIS Coordinator<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/?daddr=504%20Fairgrounds%20Rd,%20Marshall,%20MN%2056258?z=6" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">504 Fairgrounds Rd</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:blue"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>

        <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/?daddr=504%20Fairgrounds%20Rd,%20Marshall,%20MN%2056258?z=6" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Marshall, MN 56258</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Ph: 
            <a href="tel:%28507%29%20532-8218" value="+15075328218" target="_blank">(507) 532-8218</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Fax:
            <a href="tel:%28507%29%20532-8217" value="+15075328217" target="_blank">(507) 532-8217</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://lyonco.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://lyonco.org/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>

        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://geomoose.lyonco.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://geomoose.lyonco.org/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
                  Richard Greenwood [<a href="mailto:richard.greenwood@gmail.com" target="_blank">mailto:richard.greenwood@gmail.com</a>]
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                  <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 27, 2014 10:05 PM<br>
                  <b>To:</b> Mark Volz<br>
                  <b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:fwtools@lists.maptools.org" target="_blank">fwtools@lists.maptools.org</a><br>
                  <b>Subject:</b> Re: [FWTools] converting mr sid in UTM
                  to GeoTiff in County Coordinates<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">From what you show, I
                            don&#39;t see that gdal_translate is preforming
                            any coordinate system transformation.
                            However, the world file doesn&#39;t specify the
                            coordinate system so I would suggest using
                            -a_srs and -t_srs which will specify the
                            source and (optionally) the target
                            coordinate systems. For example:<u></u><u></u></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">   gdal_translate
                          -a_srs epsg:26915 -t_srs epsg:&lt;your
                          code&gt; ...<u></u><u></u></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">would
                        transform from UTM Zone 15 to your coord system.<u></u><u></u></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">You could also see if you have
                      MrSID support installed in your GDAL setup with:  
                      <u></u><u></u></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">   gdal_translate --formats<u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">which
                  would allow you to skip the ArcGIS export step and
                  maybe some confusion.<u></u><u></u></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">There is
                a &quot;nearblack&quot; command line tool in the GDAL suite that
                can help with removing the black pixels around the image
                but I haven&#39;t found it too useful. There are a few other
                options, but I&#39;d suggest you work thru your coordinate
                system issues before dealing with the black pixels.<u></u><u></u></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">rich<u></u><u></u></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Mark
                Volz &lt;<a href="mailto:MarkVolz@co.lyon.mn.us" target="_blank">MarkVolz@co.lyon.mn.us</a>&gt;
                wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">I
                    would like to know how to use gdal to convert a Mr
                    Sid air photo in UTM 15 to a GeoTiff in County
                    Coordinates (feet).<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">My
                    original steps include<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">        
                    </span>Use ArcGIS to export the MrSID in UTM to a
                    GeoTiff in County Coordinates (feet).<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">  
                    </span>This takes care of converting the coordinate
                    system, however at about 4GB, the file size is
                    awfully huge.<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">        
                    </span>Use gdal_translate to tile the image.  This
                    also seems to make the file size much more
                    reasonable…  about 280 MB.<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">  
                    </span>gdal_translate -CO TILED=YES -CO
                    PHOTOMETRIC=YCBCR -CO TFW=YES -CO COMPRESS=JPEG -CO
                    BIGTIFF=YES LincolnFSA2013.tif,  Lin13.tif<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">        
                    </span>Use gdaladdo to add internal JPEG overviews. 
                    This adds a small amount of data to the file, but it
                    also makes it MUCH quicker.<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately,
                    these steps are NOT working.  It appears the
                    coordinates are getting shifted from feet back to
                    meters.  I think it may be possible that
                    gdal_translate is not reading or ignoring  the .tfw
                    file created by ESRI.  Therefore I need to either
                    figure out how to force gdal_translate to read the
                    ESRI world file, or I need to figure out how to
                    figure out how to use only GDAL to create a GeoTiff
                    in County Coordinates from a Mr Sid file in UTM.<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">If
                    anyone has any tips on how I can use GDAL to convert
                    an air photo in a Mr SID UTM file to a GeoTiff in
                    County Coordinates let me know.  In addition, I
                    would like to also figure out how to remove the
                    black boundary around the edge of the air photos as
                    well.<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mark
                      Volz</b><u></u><u></u></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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