[Gdal-dev] ERMapper .ers ?

[Frank Warmerdam]

TC Haddad wrote:
> I'm curious about being able to convert a large bunch of files to ER
> Mapper .ers format. From what I've been told, .ers is basically a .bil
> format raster with a custom header. Not sure how accurate this
> description is, but I'm curious if gdal can create it...
> 
> we're looking at a project where we will have to convert a few large
> series of rasters into .ers format. The source files would include
> TIFFs, TIFFs w/ world files, ArcInfo grids, and/or DEMs. I was hoping
> gdal might be a potential aid in this big task.
> 
> can someone enlighten me as to gdal's capabilities regarding .ers ?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Tanya

Tanya,

Currently there is no operational .ers driver for GDAL.  I started one
once but didn't get far.  I think it would be pretty easy to write a script
that exports to EHDR (BIL) format and then constructed a .ers file referencing
the raster file.

Best regards,
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