[gdal-dev] S57 field definition incorrect

[Frank Warmerdam]

ogr user wrote:
> I am using OGR to load S57 format files and it appears that at least for
> some fields the field type is incorrectly returned by OGR. Fields of
> type "integer list" (denoted L in s57attributes.csv,  enumeration list)
> are identified as string type by OGRField::GetType(). The problem with
> that is that OGRFeature::GetFieldAsIntegerList then refuses to return a
> list of integer values for these fields (returns NULL).
> 
> Is this a bug, feature or am I doing something incorrectly?

Dear OGR User,

It appears the S57 code deliberately treats list attributes as simple
strings.  While this may have been a poor choice, I hesitate to change it
at this point for fear of breaking fragile software built on this driver
(notably the FME S-57 reader).

My suggestion is that you fetch it as a string, and parse the integers
out yourself.

Best regards,
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