[gdal-dev] [EXTERNAL] Re: FITS format not listed in gdalinfo --formats

[Susan Borda]

Thanks, Trent and Evan, I'm building GDAL from source download rather than
using the "recommended" dmg listed. I'll let you know when I get it working
with CFITSIO and provide the steps in case you need them for someone else.

-susan

On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 1:13 PM Trent Hare <thare at usgs.gov> wrote:

> Susan,
>    Yes -  the FITS format is supported in GDAL once compilation has been
> linked to CFITSIO.
>
> Note this driver is currently being enhanced to (1) better support FITS
> files within GDAL and (2) the format FITS will have an extension added to
> it, which allows more typical GIS map projection support. That branch of
> GDAL is being worked on Chiara Marmo:
> https://github.com/epn-vespa/gdal/tree/fits_driver
>
> For Mac, I'm not sure this will work, but on Linux (Fedora and Ubuntu)
> this should get you FITS support in GDAL (and also get QGIS with FITS also).
>
> *In order to have QGIS working with FITS*
>
>    - install CFITSIO (Fedora : cfitsio-devel ; Ubuntu : libcfitsio-dev)
>    - install GDAL (Fedora : gdal-devel ; Ubuntu : libgdal-dev)
>    - install QGIS
>
>
> *Temporary workaround:  *
>   So a method Chiara created to test GDAL for FITS users is a simple
> Python script which creates a GDAL VRT header pointing into the FITS file.
> Once the VRT is created, any GDAL program can use it by pointing at the VRT
> file (gdal_translate, QGIS, ArcMap, ...). Perhaps that is worth a shot.
> https://github.com/epn-vespa/fits2vrt
>
> Lastly, once the FITS driver is updated we will try to support an anaconda
> version of GDAL with CFITSIO pre-built for users (should help Macs users
> too).
>
> Good luck,
> Trent
>
>
> P.S. maybe a little un-tested *build help* (linux again - sorry).
>
> Install CFITSIO
> Clone/download the GDAL repo.
> $ cd gdal/gdal
> you have compiled there the 'fits-driver' branch, using
> $ ./configure
> In that same repo you have a config.log file.
> If you grep cfitsio in config.log you must have (among others, and
> depending on your distro)
> EXTRA_INCLUDES='-I/usr/include/cfitsio '
> LIBS='-lcrypto -lexpat -ljasper -ljpeg -lgeotiff -ltiff -lpng -lcfitsio
> -lz -lpthread -lm -lrt -ldl  -lpcre'
> now
> $ ./make
> more: https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildingOnUnix
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 9:59 AM Susan Borda <sborda at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Evan, I saw that mentioned in the formats list but I'm not sure
>> how to "build GDAL" with this library. I just downloaded GDAL and it uses
>> Python 3.6 but the version of CFITSIO I found uses Python 2.x. I'm using a
>> Mac but can easily run all of this on Linux VM if need be.
>>
>> -susan
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 12:45 PM Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On jeudi 5 juillet 2018 12:41:08 CEST Susan Borda wrote:
>>> > Hi-
>>> > I'm new to gdal and am trying to use gdalinfo to read a *.fits file
>>> > (astronomy files), specifically the header. When I list the formats
>>> > supported by gdalinfo, I'm only seeing FIT not FITS. Is FITS no longer
>>> > supported?
>>>
>>> It is, but you must build GDAL against the CFITSIO library:
>>> http://gdal.org/frmt_various.html#FITS
>>>
>>> On Debian and derivatives, this is the libcfitsio-dev package.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Susan Borda
>> Data Workflows Specialist
>> Research Data Services
>> University of Michigan Libraries
>> 3175 Shapiro Library
>> 734-764-9134 | sborda at umich.edu
>>
>>
>

-- 
Susan Borda
Data Workflows Specialist
Research Data Services
University of Michigan Libraries
3175 Shapiro Library
734-764-9134 | sborda at umich.edu
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