[Gdal-dev] Problems with loading JPEGs using GDAL

[Frank Warmerdam]

Fam. Pool wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been having issues loading JPEG rasters via GDAL - GDAL reports that
> the file format is not supported. All other file formats seem to work
> though. I'm using the GDAL1.2.0 WIN32 Binaries - downloadable from
> www.remotesensing.org/gdal/
> 
> Also the readme texts in the binaries' archive seem to be a bit outdated -
> not that I'm complaining or anything ;D Personally, I think GDAL is the
> greatest thing to happen in the GIS world since Galileo figured out the
> Earth isn't the centre of the Universe. I mean think about it - a couple of
> years ago there was no way one could read MapInfo vector files without
> having to buy their very expensive engine. For countries like mine where the
> Dollar to local currency ratio is pretty large, GDAL is a godsend.
> 

Louis,

Could you provide a smallish JPEG file in a bug in bugzilla?

There may well be a problem with files being opened in text mode or something
in the libjpeg code.  This would cause lots of files to crap out on windows.

Best regards,
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