Open source ImageMagick, according to http://www.imagemagick.org/script/formats.php , supports the "Sun Rasterfile" format, that, according to http://www.fileformat.info/format/sunraster/egff.htm , begins with a 32 byte header. The Sun Rasterfile format does not store georeferencing metadata. Greg
On Apr 19, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote: > Gillian WALTER wrote: >> Hi, >> Does GDAL have a driver for Sun raster (.ras) format, or has it ever had a >> driver for this format? I can't seem to open .ras files in FWTools (I'm >> using version 2.4.7 for windows), and don't see it listed in the formats >> list. I noticed on Frank's web page that he included Sun Raster in the list >> of formats he'd written translators for, and I wondered if this had ever >> made it into GDAL (even an old version). > > Gillian, > > I can't find any sign of a sun raster driver for GDAL. I did write one > while at PCI in the 1990's. It is quite a simple format, so writing a > driver should be pretty easy. I'm surprised it is still of interest in 2010. > > Best regards, > -- > ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- > I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [email protected] > light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam > and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent
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