[gdal-dev] ERDAS Imagine to ERMapper

[nicholas.g.lawrence at mainroads.qld.gov.au]

> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a large (19 Gigabyte) erdas imagine file which I
> > want to bring into
> > > ERMapper.
> > >
> > > I have downloaded the minimalist windows executables from
> > > http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadingGdalBinaries
> > >
> > > I am running windows xp with 2 GB of RAM.
> > >
> > > I know I should use the gdal_translate command, but I am
> > unsure of the best
> > > output format.
> > >
> > > ecw won't work for the file size is too large.
> > >
> > > I thought GTiff would work, but I can't force BIGTIFF=YES
> > >
> > > Is there a plain old band-interleaved-by-line format
> > available?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > nick

> > Nick,

> > GDAL v1.5.0 has ERmapper's ERS/BIL format built-in.  You
> > could try that..

> > Brent Fraser

> Brent,

> I downloaded GDAL today, and according to the name of the
> zip file I do have v1.5

> But what is the short form of ERMapper's ERS/BIL format?
> I can not find it in the list of supported formats at
> http://www.gdal.org/formats_list.html

> Regards,
> nick

Me again.

I have found the short form for ERMapper's ERS/BIL format within
the help for gdal_translate itself.

I'm running the translate now. I'm guessing it will take hours
to complete.

Regards,
nick


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