[Gdal-dev] convert GTIFF to BMP, didnt' work

[Ayman Kamal]

--- Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> Ayman Kamal wrote:
> > I want to convert a GTIFF (geo tiff ) file to a
> bitmap
> > file (*.bmp) so that I can open it in any viewer
> is
> > this possible using GDAL library?
> 
> Ayman,
> 
> BMP format is supported in GDAL 1.1.8.   Use a
> command like this:
> 
> gdal_translate -of BMP input.tif output.bmp
> 
> See the online docs for details about the BMP
> format.  If you don't
> have a GDAL 1.1.8 based (or more recent) version of
> GDAL you can download
> OpenEV_FW 1.5.4 from:
> 
>    ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/gdal/openev
> 
> Best regards,
> 
I downlaoded the  file OpenEV_FW_154.zip from the link
u gave me, and the gdal_translate doesn't make errors
on converting to BMP, but when I open the BMP it
appears as blank image, its size is 496KB where the
original gtif file size if 1.82MB


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