[gdal-dev] opening images via a URI

[Kurt Schwehr]

See vsicurl and the other network drivers for things more specific
like /vsis3/, /vsigs/, /vsiaz/, /vsioss/ or /vsiswift/

https://gdal.org/user/virtual_file_systems.html#vsicurl-http-https-ftp-files-random-access

On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 2:59 PM Barry DeZonia via gdal-dev <
gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I am in a position where a library I am developing would benefit if gdal
> could open an image that lives on the web. I guess maybe it's a VSI thing?
> Anyhow I am wondering how I could extend the Java API to open things given
> a Java URI. It could delegate to the C/C++ VSI code after manipulating the
> URI as needed. Does anyone think this is feasible? Are there good examples
> of how the VSI stuff works that I could refer to?
>
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