If SOSI is available in the Raster file open dialog, it is because gdal has support for SOSI. If a particular SOSI file cannot be opened, then it is a GDAL bug, not a QGIS one, and should be reported in the GDAL bugtracker.
On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Blumentrath, Stefan < stefan.blumentr...@nina.no> wrote: > Hi Larry, > > > > Thanks for your efforts. I understand that you are especially busy right > now… > > > > I checked GDAL_DRIVER_PATH and it was - just as you suspected for OSGeo4W > – set properly to “C:\OSGeo4W\bin\gdalplugins”. > > Just like in James case, SOSI is listed in the combo-box in QGIS and I get > the dialog for selecting among the three layers in the file. When I try to > load one of them I get the “Invalid data source” error message. > > > > GDAL in the same OSGeo4W installation reads and converts the SOSI file > without any issues. However, I noticed that GDAL was also less picky with > the versions. While the SOSI plugin compiled against GDAL 1.10 does not > show up in QGIS 2.3 (build against GDAL 1.11), GDAL 1.11 itself has no > problems with that plugin either. > > > > Maybe some subtle differences in compiler settings between Jürgens build > of GDAL and my build of the SOSI-plugin may cause the problems here? I > assume you use same compiler for GDAL and QGIS on Mac (like I do on Ubuntu)… > > When I built the SOSI plugin I tried to follow packaging instructions > closely. I used MS Visual Studio Express 2010 (compiler toolset v100) for > the 32bit build (SDK 7.1 for the 64bit build), set MSVC_VER=1600 in GDALs > nmake.opt, added SOSI support and kept default settings in the other cases. > > > > Cheers > > Stefan > > > > > > > > *From:* la...@shafferinteractive.com [mailto:la...@shafferinteractive.com] > *On Behalf Of *Larry Shaffer > *Sent:* 27. juni 2014 13:02 > > *To:* Blumentrath, Stefan > *Cc:* Stott, James; qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-developer] SOSI support in QGIS > > > > Hi, > > Hmm. I had no issues opening that file up on Mac [0]. The only other thing > I can think of is to ensure the GDAL_DRIVER_PATH is set in the environment, > so the plugins can be found at run-time by QGIS/GDAL. I don't think that > should be an issue for an OSGeo4W install, though. To be sure, you can try > setting it in Options -> System -> Environment and see if that helps. > > If the plugin wasn't found by GDAL, then the file filter for SOSI would > not show up in QGIS's file browse dialog's combobox for opening a vector > layer. If you choose *.* (all files) and try to load a .sos file, then it > will throw the invalid source error in the message bar, because GDAL never > loaded the plugin. > > > > Sorry, won't have time to test on any other platforms for a couple of days. > > > [0] http://drive.dakotacarto.com/qgis/sosi-file-load.png > > Regards, > > > Larry > > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 3:50 AM, Blumentrath, Stefan < > stefan.blumentr...@nina.no> wrote: > > Hi Larry, > > > > Tanks for having a look at this. > > > > I shall send you the file off-list… > > > > Cheers > > Stefan > > > > > > *From:* la...@shafferinteractive.com [mailto:la...@shafferinteractive.com] > *On Behalf Of *Larry Shaffer > *Sent:* 27. juni 2014 11:37 > *To:* Blumentrath, Stefan > *Cc:* Stott, James; qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-developer] SOSI support in QGIS > > > > Hi James, > > Can you share the dataset from Miljødirektoratet that you are testing? I > can't get Google to translate the pages to English. > > > > Regards, > > > Larry > > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 2:43 AM, Blumentrath, Stefan < > stefan.blumentr...@nina.no> wrote: > > >So it Works for Mac and Linux users? > > Yes, seems to work there. > > > >Does this work with the installer download of QGIS for Windows? I havent > actually tried that. > > I doubt it, since the installer is also built based on OSGeo4W, if I am > not mistaken. > > > >Is it possible to drop it for just Windows users? > > No idea. Any developer / packager who would be willing to help us tracing > down the problem on Win? Since a fix would be the best solution... > > > >I just think we will end up with a lot of users (especially as Windows > will possbily be the most used platform) who will get frustrated that they > cant open these files despite it looking like they should be able to. > Better to wait until 2.6 in my opinion. > >This is a shame as we now have a nearly complete Norwegian translation in > place for 2.4, so SOSI support and a translation are two very good > arguements for adopting QGIS here. > > I see your point... > > > Cheers > Stefan > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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