[gdal-dev] vsicurl

[Kyle Shannon]

Thanks.

kss

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 15:06, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:

> 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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