[gdal-dev] (Geo)PDF information missing from online list of vector drivers?

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Even, 

Yes, PDF is mainly a presentation format. But it is also very much a
vector format. 

Are there technical issues or other complications that keep us from
listing it as both vector and raster driver? Geopackage is also a hybrid
format and is listed in both. 

Thanks, 

Andreas 

On 2019-11-20 11:04, Even Rouault wrote:

> On mercredi 20 novembre 2019 09:35:48 CET Andreas Neumann wrote: 
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Ah - found it under the raster formats:
>> 
>> https://gdal.org/drivers/raster/pdf.html?highlight=pdf
>> 
>> Shouldn't it also be listed under the vector formats? It is more useful
>> as a vector format - isn't it?
> 
> Well PDF is mostly a presentation format. Very much about rendering. Mixes 
> raster, text, vector content, and many other things. So the more reliable way 
> of exposing it from GDAL point of view is a raster. The vector side of the PDF 
> can extract *some* things, but it is lossy.
> 
> Even
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