[Gdal-dev] Identifying spatial data files?

[Frank Warmerdam]

Marc A. Lepage wrote:
> Is there a program or library which will allow me to identify an 
> arbitrary file containing spatial data that I might have? Perhaps also 
> supply some useful info about the file (telling me what’s in it)?
> 
> Something similar to Unix “file” command (which uses magic numbers) or 
> ImageMagick’s “identify” command (for images).

Marc,

Well, there are gdalinfo and ogrinfo but they are certainly broader
than file and identify, and of course are limited to formats supported
by GDAL and OGR respectively.  Note that file does support some raster and
vector formats but produces very limited detail.

Best regards,
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