[gdal-dev] CreateCopy() Not writing ColorInterp Data

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at pobox.com
Tue Nov 18 16:03:43 EST 2008


Tom V. wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I'm using GDAL to read in a NITF image and write it out as either a NITF
> or a GeoTiff file, and I'm basically doing it the same way as
> gdal_translate but with a few changes.  The reason I'm writing is because
> when the GeoTIFF gets written out using CreateCopy(), the ColorInterp data
> is gray for the first band and Undefined for the other three bands.  We're
> using a stripped down version of GDAL so I can't use the SetAccess()
> method to
> write out to the file after it's already written.  I tried reading it back
> in with the access set as GA_Update.
> 
> Has anyone seen anything like this before, or know what the problem could
> be?  I'd be happy to answer any questions or go into more detail.

Tom,

What does the gdalinfo report on the input dataset to the CreateCopy() look
like?

Best regards,

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