[Gdal-dev] Row/column data to Geotiff

[Frank Warmerdam]

Hersman, William wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am looking for a way to write geotiff files from simple row/column 
> data, such as:
> 
>  ROW    7;  COLUMNS   1 THRU 50
>   6038.698       6025.553       6013.471       6003.241       5995.237
>   5989.413       5985.433       5982.787       5981.004       5979.861
>   5979.379       5980.666       5984.076       5990.979       6060.380
>   6071.938       6092.017       6115.689       6107.636       6097.677
>   6088.838       6081.833       6076.131       6071.144       6066.436
>   6061.369       6055.924       6050.646       6046.408       6044.147
>   6044.722       6048.734       6049.608       6047.399       6045.258
>   6044.493       6044.704       6044.831       6044.806       6047.358
>   6053.283       6065.744       6074.324       6078.942       6076.226
>   6133.812       6140.912       6148.538       6155.627       6160.118
> 
> Can that be done with the GDAL library (I'm on Linux)?  It's not clear 
> to me, but seems like it should be doable.  Or maybe there is an easier 
> way with another library or freeware?

William,

If you can format the values in Arc/Info ASCII Grid format it should be
trivial to translate to other GDAL supported format. I have attached a
50x7 ascii grid as an example.

Best regards,
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