Public bug reported: poppler must be installed and given as a build-dep for gdal or it can't read GeoPDF files.
$ gdalinfo --formats | fgrep -i pdf # fail: not listed http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2010-October/026410.html $ wget -O gda_5948836.zip http://ims.er.usgs.gov/gda_services/download?item_id=5948836 #VA_Charlottesville_West_20130611_TM_geo.pdf $ unzip gda_5948836.zip $ gdalinfo VA_Charlottesville_West_20130611_TM_geo.pdf # fails ERROR 4: `VA_Charlottesville_West_20130611_TM_geo.pdf' not recognised as a supported file format. gdalinfo failed - unable to open 'VA_Charlottesville_West_20130611_TM_geo.pdf'. $ gdal_translate -of GTiff -co "TILED=YES" -co "TFW=YES" VA_Charlottesville_West_20130611_TM_geo.pdf VA_Charlottesville_West_20130611_TM_geo.tiff # fails ERROR 4: `VA_Charlottesville_West_20130611_TM_geo.pdf' not recognised as a supported file format. GDALOpen failed - 4 `VA_Charlottesville_West_20130611_TM_geo.pdf' not recognised as a supported file format. ubuntu 12.04.2 gdal-bin: Installed: 1.7.3-6ubuntu3 Candidate: 1.7.3-6ubuntu3 Version table: *** 1.7.3-6ubuntu3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ii gdal-bin 1.7.3-6ubuntu3 Geospatial Data Abstraction Library - Utility programs rc libgdal1-1.6.0 1.6.3-4build4 Geospatial Data Abstraction Library ii libgdal1-1.7.0 1.7.3-6ubuntu3 Geospatial Data Abstraction Library ii libgdal1-1.7.0-grass 1.7.3-2 GRASS extension for the GDAL library ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gdal-bin 1.7.3-6ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 1e1a99f31ec2933306456e1f141c45d8 CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002 Date: Wed Jul 24 01:53:16 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-03-03 (142 days ago) ** Affects: gdal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1204363 Title: gdal compiled incorretly, doesn't support geoPDF To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdal/+bug/1204363/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
