[Gdal-dev] Using CreateCopy() with ENVI data

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:54:06 +0100, Wim Koolhoven <koolhoven at itc.nl> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > In a specific project the client uses ENVI data with a program we
> > wrote based on GDAL.
> >
> > The input is read, processed and written to a new dataset. The new
> > datasat is created with CreateCopy(). Unfortunately class names,
> > colors and coordinate information get lost with CreateCopy().
> >
> > Quick and dirty solution would be to copy the .hdr file our selves,
> > but that makes our program dependent on ENVI. Any other ideas?

Wim,

Is the output also ENVI format?  The short answer is that the solution
would be to improve the ENVI driver to support all these objects you
want to preserve.  The ENVI driver was just hacked together as a quick
way of getting at imagery with ENVI headers, and is by no means feature
complete. 

I would add that a CreateCopy from ENVI to ENVI should preserve
the geotransform based on a very quick skim of the envi code.  If that
isn't happening it might be considered a bug.  The ENVI code is in
gdal/frmts/raw/envidataset.cpp if you are inclined to try and improve
it.  

Best regards,

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