[Gdal-dev] Calling GDAL functions in IDL

[Frank Warmerdam]

Gagan Tandon wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am writing a lidar analysis software in IDL (Interactive data 
> language). I am interested in using GDAL for some analysis purpose. 
> Therefore, I would like to use GDAL functions in IDL. For example, I 
> wish to use the function LoadFile in gdalnumeric. How do I call that in 
> IDL? What I may have to do to allow calling the GDAL functions through 
> an IDL interpreter. Do I have to register the gdal11.dll or write a 
> wrapper etc ?

Gagan,

I am not aware of any IDL wrappers for GDAL and I don't know what would
be involved in integrating them.  Basically, there is a C API for GDAL that
is normally used when integrating into other languages (like Python, or IDL).

Perhaps some other IDL users will know more.

Good luck,
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