[gdal-dev] Problem in importing to Google Earth a nitf image converted from a tif image by gdal_translate

[mohwawang]

Hi all,

I used gdal_translate to convert a tif image to a nitf image as:
>gdal_translate -of nitf in.tif out.ntf -co ICORDS=G
Input file size is 561, 420
0...10...20...30...40...50...60...70...80...90...100 - done.

I can display both in.tif and out.ntf with OpenEV. So both in.tif and out.ntf were ok to OpenEV.

With a simple Google Earth kml file(specifying the LanLonBox)(printed below) I could import the in.tif to Google Earth viewer to the right geo-location. So in.tif was ok to GE. 

However, after replacing the image file name from in.tif to out.ntf in the same kml file (printed below) I could not import the out.ntf to Google Earth viewer (shown as a big red cross in a big red rectangle at the geo-location in the GE viewer). So out.ntf was not ok to GE. Any ideal about what might cause the problem? Was the use of gdal_translate wrong or missing some options? I tried not to use -co ICRODS=G but I got the same problem. Thank you.

printed kml for in.tif:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"
 xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2"
 xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"
 xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<GroundOverlay>
  <description>
*** Meta-Data ***
    Lat = 42.808863
  </description>
    <name>in.tif</name>
    <Icon>
       <href>in.tif</href>
       <viewBoundScale>0.75</viewBoundScale>
    </Icon>
      <LatLonBox>
         <north>42.8093748999134</north>
         <south>42.8082925732318</south>
         <east>-70.887525562763</east>
         <west>-70.8894939447889</west>
         <rotation>-95.909027</rotation>
      </LatLonBox>
</GroundOverlay>
</kml>

printed kml for out.ntf:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"
 xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2"
 xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"
 xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<GroundOverlay>
  <description>
*** Meta-Data ***
    Lat = 42.808863
  </description>
    <name>out.ntf</name>
    <Icon>
       <href>out.ntf</href>
       <viewBoundScale>0.75</viewBoundScale>
    </Icon>
      <LatLonBox>
         <north>42.8093748999134</north>
         <south>42.8082925732318</south>
         <east>-70.887525562763</east>
         <west>-70.8894939447889</west>
         <rotation>-95.909027</rotation>
      </LatLonBox>
</GroundOverlay>
</kml>

Best Regards,

Mo Wang