[gdal-dev] vsicurl

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Kyle Shannon <kyle at pobox.com> wrote:
> Can the VSI*L support be added to drivers that use a third party API similar
> to the way it is done in the geotiff driver?  Would that be a good reference
> to add support to other drivers?

Kyle,

There are a number of external libraries where we are able to hook
the IO functions for that sublibrary and route things through VSI*L.
The GeotTIFF, MrSID, ECW and Shapefile drivers are all examples
of this I believe.  How it exactly works depends on the IO hooking
mechanisms provided by the external library.  Some provide no
usable mechanism.

Best regards,
Frank

> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 14:33, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> Kyle,
>>
>> You need to have built GDAL with curl support and the drivers has do
>> do all file access through VSI*L functions.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Frank
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Kyle Shannon <kyle at pobox.com> wrote:
>> > What are the requirements for using the vsicurl handler for accessing
>> > files?
>> > Do drivers have to implement anything special do have curl support?
>> >
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