[Gdal-dev] Multiple Images in NITF

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 7/28/05, Christopher Hammack <chammack at fadedsky.com> wrote:
> We're currently evaluating the use of GDAL in a project I'm working
> on.  We're very impressed with it's potential to convert various
> formats to GeoTIFFs with a variety of options.  However, we need
> similar capability with the NITF format and being able to read/write
> multiple images from an NITF file will eventually be important.
> According to the documentation, this isn't a current capability.  I was
> curious if this was a planned feature, or how difficult of an
> undertaking adding this would be?

Christopher, 

There is no current plan to read or write multi-image NITF files, but
I am not adverse to doing it if there is demand (and funding).   Reading
would likely be a couple days work  Writing might be a bit more 
involved since there is no GDAL mechanism for creating multi-image
files. 

Best regards,
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