[Geotiff] convert PDF's to GeoTiff's with GDAL

Moore, Laurence lmoore at usgs.gov
Wed Aug 20 09:57:26 EST 2014


Some resources on GeoPDF-to-GeoTIFF conversion:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Convert_GeoPDF_to_GeoTiff
An article aimed at Linux QGIS users:
http://www.staygeo.com/2013/03/convert-geopdf-maps-to-geotiff-with-gdal.html
A USGS FAQ and technical paper: http://www.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9797/3704

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Laurence R (Larry) Moore
US Geological Survey
lmoore at usgs.gov


On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Mike Flannigan <mikeflan at att.net> wrote:

>
> Yeah, that makes sense.
> To tell you the truth that was a test of the
> list and I didn't just want to say "test".
>
> This list sure isn't very busy.
> It's an esoteric subject, so no surprise
> I guess.
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 8/19/2014 7:16 AM, Even Rouault wrote:
> > Selon Mike Flannigan <mikeflan at att.net>:
> >
> >> I think I want to convert PDF's to GeoTiff's with GDAL.  Is
> >> this a good command to use to do that?
> >> C:\GDAL\bin\gdal\apps\gdal_translate -of GTiff C:\Copy\bm.pdf
> >> C:\Copy\bm.tif --config GDAL_PDF_DPI 300 -co "COMPRESS=JPEG" -co
> >> "JPEG_QUALITY=85"
> > Looks reasonable.
> > But it would be more a question for gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org mailing
> list.
> >
> >>
> >> Mike
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