[gdal-dev] Re: Is it possible for gdal_translate to perserve the external georeferencing information?

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 11-06-26 06:51 AM, Nuo wrote:
> Frank, I really appreciate your reply.
>
> I thought it was but, actually, it is a ".aux.xml" file generated by ArcGIS
> 9.3.1 during the georeferencing process.
>
> http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgiSDEsktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=About_auxiliary_files
>
> So, it is impossible to preserve the georeference information- I have to
> either:
> rectify the image (save a new geotiff file) and gdal_translate to jp2; or
>
> gdal_translate to jp2 and then re-georeference it.
>
> Is that right? Thank you again.

Nuo,

*GDAL* can't preserve that georeferencing.  You might find you can
do a gdal_translate to the new file and then just rename the .aux.xml
file or something like that.  But it is outside my area of knowledge.

Best regards,
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