Hi, I'm Chiara, as Trent said I'm working on FITS driver improvement in GDAL.
I have prepared a documentation page on the VESPA-Europlanet wiki [1] I'm not an official contributor to GDAL code, but I will be happy to contribute to the Trac documentation if I may. May I? :) Thanks for listening, Chiara [1] https://voparis-confluence.obspm.fr/display/VES/GDAL+with+FITS ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff McKenna" <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> > To: gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2018 8:18:50 PM > Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] [EXTERNAL] Re: FITS format not listed in gdalinfo > --formats > > Trent, is it possible that you record all these steps and hints for > compiling FITS support at https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildHints > (i.e. create a new wiki page there and add a link to your build page in > the "External Library Issues" section) That way the steps are recorded > and easy to find (instead of lost in the email archives) > > I'm happy to add a Windows section for compiling FITS as well. > > thanks! > > -jeff > > > > On 2018-07-05 2:12 PM, Trent Hare wrote: > > Susan, > > Yes - the FITS format is supported in GDAL once compilation has > > been linked to CFITSIO. > > > > Note this driver is currently being enhanced to (1) better support FITS > > files within GDAL and (2) the format FITS will have an extension added > > to it, which allows more typical GIS map projection support. That branch > > of GDAL is being worked on Chiara Marmo: > > https://github.com/epn-vespa/gdal/tree/fits_driver > > > > For Mac, I'm not sure this will work, but on Linux (Fedora and Ubuntu) > > this should get you FITS support in GDAL (and also get QGIS with FITS > > also). > > > > _In order to have QGIS working with FITS_ > > > > * install CFITSIO (Fedora : cfitsio-devel ; Ubuntu : libcfitsio-dev) > > * install GDAL (Fedora : gdal-devel ; Ubuntu : libgdal-dev) > > * install QGIS > > > > > > *_Temporary workaround_: * > > So a method Chiara created to test GDAL for FITS users is a simple > > Python script which creates a GDAL VRT header pointing into the FITS > > file. Once the VRT is created, any GDAL program can use it by pointing > > at the VRT file (gdal_translate, QGIS, ArcMap, ...). Perhaps that is > > worth a shot. > > https://github.com/epn-vespa/fits2vrt > > > > Lastly, once the FITS driver is updated we will try to support an > > anaconda version of GDAL with CFITSIO pre-built for users (should help > > Macs users too). > > > > Good luck, > > Trent > > > > > > P.S. maybe a little un-tested *build help* (linux again - sorry). > > > > Install CFITSIO > > Clone/download the GDAL repo. > > $ cd gdal/gdal > > you have compiled there the 'fits-driver' branch, using > > $ ./configure > > In that same repo you have a config.log file. > > If you grep cfitsio in config.log you must have (among others, and > > depending on your distro) > > EXTRA_INCLUDES='-I/usr/include/cfitsio ' > > LIBS='-lcrypto -lexpat -ljasper -ljpeg -lgeotiff -ltiff -lpng -lcfitsio > > -lz -lpthread -lm -lrt -ldl -lpcre' > > now > > $ ./make > > more: https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildingOnUnix > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 9:59 AM Susan Borda <sbo...@umich.edu > > <mailto:sbo...@umich.edu>> wrote: > > > > 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 > > <even.roua...@spatialys.com <mailto:even.roua...@spatialys.com>> 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 | sbo...@umich.edu <mailto:sbo...@umich.edu> > > > > > -- > Jeff McKenna > MapServer Consulting and Training Services > https://gatewaygeomatics.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev -- Chiara Marmo Ingénieur de Recherche GEOPS - Paris Sud-11 Bât 509 Tel: +33 (0)1 69 15 49 03 _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev