Thanks Evan, I saw that mentioned in the formats list but I'm not sure how to "build GDAL" with this library. I just downloaded GDAL and it uses Python 3.6 but the version of CFITSIO I found uses Python 2.x. I'm using a Mac but can easily run all of this on Linux VM if need be.
-susan On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 12:45 PM Even Rouault <[email protected]> wrote: > On jeudi 5 juillet 2018 12:41:08 CEST Susan Borda wrote: > > Hi- > > I'm new to gdal and am trying to use gdalinfo to read a *.fits file > > (astronomy files), specifically the header. When I list the formats > > supported by gdalinfo, I'm only seeing FIT not FITS. Is FITS no longer > > supported? > > It is, but you must build GDAL against the CFITSIO library: > http://gdal.org/frmt_various.html#FITS > > On Debian and derivatives, this is the libcfitsio-dev package. > > -- > Spatialys - Geospatial professional services > http://www.spatialys.com > -- Susan Borda Data Workflows Specialist Research Data Services University of Michigan Libraries 3175 Shapiro Library 734-764-9134 | [email protected]
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