World Files

[Frank Warmerdam]

Ryan Ollerenshaw wrote:
> How do i display a raster dataset with a world file?  I have tried to 
> use gdaltindex but it seems that it cannot read a world file.  I see 
> that world files are mentioned in the MapServer documentation but 
> nothing is said about how to display images with them using a MapServer 
> mapfile.

Ryan,

Generally speaking gdaltindex and mapserver do support world files.
There may be some specific issues with some formats and extensions
though.  Sometimes it helps to use the extension .wld for the world file.

What raster file format are you using?

Best regards,
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