[OSGeo-Discuss] Auto-cataloging of image files

Paul Ramsey pramsey at cleverelephant.ca
Wed Feb 10 16:06:03 PST 2010


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On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia
Pty Ltd) <scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First, sorry for cross-posting to anyone also on the gvSIG-International
> List.
>
> I just received a CD, and regularly receive CDs, with ~100 1km x 1km ECW
> Tiles as part of a contract. Does anyone know of a routine to scan these
> files or their associated header files and creates a shapefile showing the
> extent of each image?
>
> I sort of imagine running the routine, being asked to specify the directory
> containing the image data then having a polygon layer appear with the extent
> of each tile. The attribute table would be populated with layer name,
> coordinates, and any other metadata that can be gleaned from the files.
> --
>
> Cheers Simon
>
> Simon Cropper
> Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
> PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.
> P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.
> mailto: scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au
> web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
>
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