[gdal-dev] Re: HDF-EOS vs. GDAL: order of dimensions

[Andrey Kiselev]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 10:59:55PM +0600, Ivan Shmakov wrote:
> 	However, are there any reasons to actually disallow options to
> 	be specified in the (sub)dataset name?

I think this way is counter-intuitive and error-prone:

 http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2007-November/014853.html
 
> 	Indeed, I've been thinking about a kind of ``helper files''
> 	(though a somewhat different kind) to allow for specified
> 	datasets to be ``stacked upon each other along the band axis'',
> 	forming a dataset with the same spatial dimensions and a larger
> 	bands number...
> 
> 	BTW, setting GCPs and specifying the projection fits quite
> 	neatly into the ``helper file'' framework.  I'm sure there are
> 	many other applications for them.

Actually it can be done with help of VRT datasets.

Best regards,
Andrey

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