[gdal-dev] gdal_translate ERROR 1: nc_put_vara_double(IMAGE.grd): NetCDF: Start+count exceeds dimension bound

[Sebastian Hoerz]

Hello,

I have a problem with the following GeoTIFF:

gdalinfo IMAGE.tif
Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
Files: IMAGEDATA/IMAGE.tif
Size is 46800, 55200
Coordinate System is:
PROJCS["WGS 84 / UTM zone 30S",
     GEOGCS["WGS 84",
         DATUM["WGS_1984",
             SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
                 AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
             AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
         PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
         UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],
     PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
     PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
     PARAMETER["central_meridian",-3],
     PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
     PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
     PARAMETER["false_northing",10000000],
     UNIT["metre",1,
         AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
     AUTHORITY["EPSG","32730"]]
Origin = (422999.375000000000000,2201000.625000000000000)
Pixel Size = (1.250000000000000,-1.250000000000000)
Metadata:
   AREA_OR_POINT=Point
Image Structure Metadata:
   COMPRESSION=PACKBITS
   INTERLEAVE=BAND
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (  422999.375, 2201000.625) (  5d 2'44.07"W, 70d17' 7.59"S)
Lower Left  (  422999.375, 2132000.625) (  5d 6'33.10"W, 70d54'13.43"S)
Upper Right (  481499.375, 2201000.625) (  3d29'30.00"W, 70d17'46.95"S)
Lower Right (  481499.375, 2132000.625) (  3d30'25.10"W, 70d54'54.17"S)
Center      (  452249.375, 2166500.625) (  4d17'17.74"W, 70d36' 6.69"S)
Band 1 Block=46800x1 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Gray

I want to translate it into a GMT grid file using gdal_translate:
gdal_translate -of GMT IMAGE.tif IMAGE.grd

But this produces an error and the file is not useable afterwards.
ERROR 1: nc_put_vara_double(IMAGE.grd): NetCDF: Start+count exceeds 
dimension bound

gdalinfo  IMAGE.grd
Warning 1: IMAGE.grd is a netCDF file, but not in GMT configuration.
gdalinfo failed - unable to open 'IMAGE.grd'.

Can anybody explain this and offer a solution?

Thanks in advance!
Sebastian.