[Gdal-dev] Method to get a google image by url?

[Frank Warmerdam]

Joaquim Luis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Suppose I want to get this (or any other) google image tile programatically
> 
> http://kh.google.com/kh?v=99&n=404&t=tqssrrqstt
> 
> is there any way to do it with gdal/ogr?

Joaquim,

If you have libcurl support included in your GDAL build you can just do:

   gdalinfo 'http://kh.google.com/kh?v=99&n=404&t=tqssrrqstt'

That is, GDAL has a special "HTTP" driver that will fetch from an url
and access the data from a memory buffer.

If you have DODS support built into your GDAL it will kick in first for
anything prefixed by http:.  I had to do:

   setenv GDAL_SKIP DODS
   gdalinfo 'http://kh.google.com/kh?v=99&n=404&t=tqssrrqstt'

Best regards,
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