[gdal-dev] gdal_contour: 2.2.4 vs. 2.4.1

[Seonghyeon Hahn]

Hello,

We've been using gdal v2.2.4 for a while. In particular, we've been frequently using the "gdal_contour" command
for raster-to-vector conversion from the Golden Software ASCII Grid (GSAG) into the WAsP .map format
in the following way:

% gdal_contour ./input.grd ./output.map -i 10.0 -f WAsP

This has been working fine with gdal2.2.4, but recently upgraded gdal2.4.1 doesn't seem to work. If I run it
in the verbose mode by setting CPL_DEBUG=ON, it writes the following error messages:

% gdal_contour ./input.grd ./output.map -i 10.0 -f WAsP --config CPL_DEBUG ON
GDAL: GDALOpen(./input.grd, this=0x1e9dee0) succeeds as GSAG.
GDAL: GDALDriver::Create(WAsP,./output.map,0,0,0,Unknown,(nil))
0GDAL: GDAL_CACHEMAX = 794 MB
ERROR 6: No field defined and no Z coordinate
ERROR 1: cannot write linestring
ERROR 6: No field defined and no Z coordinate
ERROR 1: cannot write linestring
...
More than 1000 errors or warnings have been reported. No more will be reported from now.
40...50...60...70...80...90...GDAL: GDALClose(./output.map, this=0x1e9dc60)
GDAL: GDALClose(./input.grd, this=0x1e9dee0)
100 - done.

Googling wasn't very helpful for this issue. Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advance.

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