[Gdal-dev] Merging really large images to one huge

Morten Nielsen mn at blominfo.dk
Fri Sep 2 11:24:59 EDT 2005


>I think the problem here is that gdal_merge.py reads the entirety of
each 
>input file into memory before writing it to the output file.  Frank has

>recently added a -createonly switch to gdal_merge that will simply 
>initialize the output file, allowing you to then employ the gdalwarp 
>utility to mosaic your inputs into that output file.  See
>http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2005-August/006221.html.

So... what you're saying is that if I just have small input files, it
will work? I could just split them up in smaller pieces and merge these
together?

Best regards
/Morten






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