[Gdal-dev] Error when using gdalinfo (ERROR 1: no system list, errno: 100)

[Frank Warmerdam]

Reiner wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> I try to use gdalinfo on one of the geotiff files from the geotiff 
> example files (located in "samples1/spot/chicago/SP27GTIF.TIF"). When 
> printing the corner coordinates, I get the message "ERROR 1: no system 
> list, errno: 100" (see below for the complete output). This happens for 
> other valid geotiff files as well.
> Is this the normal behaviour or what is wrong here?
> 
> BTW, a "listgeo" on the same file prints the corner coordinates 
> correctly ...
> 
> Here's some version info:
> - gdal was build with the following configure options: "./configure 
> --without-jasper"
> 
>  > gdalinfo --version
> GDAL 1.1.9.0, released 2003/06/27
>  > proj
> Rel. 4.4.7, 31 March 2003
> 
> GeoTIFF: 1.2.0
> TIFF: 3.6.0
> 
> Cheers
> Reiner

Reiner,

I would guess that GDAL isn't finding some of the EPSG support files it
needs to translate the projection in question.  While gdalinfo may
report 1.1.9.0, this version information is also produced by version of
GDAL built directly from CVS (since the VERSION file is only updated during
releases).

I have tried this file with gdalinfo built from CVS and things seem to
work fine:

warmerda at remotesensing% ~/lusr/bin/gdalinfo SP27GTIF.TIF
Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
Size is 699, 929
Coordinate System is:
PROJCS["NAD27 / Illinois East",
     GEOGCS["NAD27",
         DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",
             SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.9786982138982,
                 AUTHORITY["EPSG","7008"]],
             AUTHORITY["EPSG","6267"]],
         PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
         UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]],
     PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
     PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",36.66666666666666],
     PARAMETER["central_meridian",-88.33333333333333],
     PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.999975],
     PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
     PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
     UNIT["US survey foot",0.3048006096012192,
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","9003"]],
     AUTHORITY["EPSG","26771"]]
Origin = (681480.000000,1913050.000000)
Pixel Size = (32.800000,-32.800000)
Metadata:
   TIFFTAG_XRESOLUTION=72
   TIFFTAG_YRESOLUTION=72
   TIFFTAG_RESOLUTIONUNIT=1 (unitless)
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (  681480.000, 1913050.000) ( 87d39'59.59"W, 41d55'1.56"N)
Lower Left  (  681480.000, 1882578.800) ( 87d40'2.72"W, 41d50'0.54"N)
Upper Right (  704407.200, 1913050.000) ( 87d34'56.36"W, 41d54'59.69"N)
Lower Right (  704407.200, 1882578.800) ( 87d34'59.88"W, 41d49'58.67"N)
Center      (  692943.600, 1897814.400) ( 87d37'29.64"W, 41d52'30.14"N)
Band 1 Block=699x11 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Gray

Try forcing the GDAL_DATA and/or GEOTIFF_CSV environment variables to point
to where your EPSG csv files are sitting - or just upgrade to a nightly
snapshot of GDAL.

Best regards,

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