Julianne, There are in-memory format drivers for this purpose. http://www.gdal.org/frmt_mem.html http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_memory.html
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:03 AM, Juliannerc <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been working with the examples/testers from > > # Project: GDAL/OGR Test Suite > # Purpose: Test RasterizeLayer() and related calls. > # Author: Frank Warmerdam <[email protected]> > > If at all possible, I would like to be able to use the memory raster > contents directly. However, if I understand the code, the image is written > in a more concrete format (gtiff, etc.) to the file system. The image can > then by read back using the ReadAsArray method. > > The intended use is for display (e.g., 1000 x 1600) rather than fine > grained > printing. Also, if the memory area is more accessible, it might be > possible > to manage the application as a series of images, keeping more static ones > unchanged, while updating dynamic parts, with the display being a merge of > the two. > > gdal and ogr are nearly ideal for the application (generating georeferenced > images, lines, etc.). Are there examples of how operate without the file > write or is this a feature that could be added? > > Regards, > > Julianne > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/python-memory-driver-tp6332439p6332439.html > Sent from the GDAL - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > -- Best regards, Chaitanya kumar CH. /tʃaɪθənjə/ /kʊmɑr/ +91-9494447584 17.2416N 80.1426E
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