[gdal-dev] Requesting new driver?

[Even Rouault]

Le mardi 01 décembre 2015 20:47:58, Jonathan Greenberg a écrit :
> Even, unfortunately no, this isn't the same.  That is basically a saved
> array, but we have an advanced geospatial raster format that has become the
> standard almost R geospatial packages.  It supports all the major things a
> geospatial raster should support, including georeferencing, pixel sizes,
> etc.

There's an error in the spec : "byteorder is optional but recommended. It 
should be either 'big' (linux) or 'little' (windows)".
This doesn't make sense. byteorder is related to CPU working, not operating 
system. Linux x86/x86_64 systems are little endian, like Windows. Sometimes 
little is described as Intel order and big as Motorola order.

> 
> J
> 
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015, 1:40 PM Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
> 
> wrote:
> > Le mardi 01 décembre 2015 20:34:10, Jonathan Greenberg a écrit :
> > > GDAL Developers:
> > > 
> > > How do I go about requesting a new driver?  R's "raster" format is a
> > 
> > pretty
> > 
> > > straightforward flat binary/header format (very similar to ENVI's). 
> > > The specifications are laid out in:
> > > 
> > > https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/raster/vignettes/rasterfile.pdf
> > > 
> > > I think this would be a nice addition, to allow more fluid work between
> > > R and the various gdal utilities.
> > > 
> > > I'm cc'ing the developer of the format on this email, as an FYI. 
> > > Cheers!
> > 
> > Isn't it the format already handled by the R driver ?
> > See http://www.gdal.org/frmt_r.html
> > 
> > > --jonathan
> > 
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