[gdal-dev] Can you create a GeoPDF from an XML Composition File using the command-line tools?

[Even Rouault]

Robin,

> I have successfully created an XML Composition File as documented
> at https://gdal.org/drivers/raster/pdf.html#creation-of-pdf-file-from-a-xml
> -composition-file-gdal-3-0, and created a GeoPDF from it using the
> gdal_create_pdf.py file
> (from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OSGeo/gdal/master/gdal/swig/python/
> samples/gdal_create_pdf.py).
> 
> However, for my particular application, it would be really useful to be able
> to create the PDF using the standard GDAL command-line tools
> (gdal_translate and so on), as we would rather not require Python on the
> system that we're deploying to.
> 
> Is there any way of creating a PDF from a composition XML file using just
> the standard command-line tools? The documentation states "The GDALCreate()
> API must be used with width = height = bands = 0 and datatype = GDT_Unknown
> and COMPOSITION_FILE must be the single creation option.", and I've tried
> playing with the options to various commands such as gdal_translate, but
> can't seem to get it to work. Is it possible?

No, I don't think existing C/C++ based command line utilities will do, but you should be able 
to trivially convert gdal_create_pdf.py to C/C++ using GDALCreate()

See https://gdal.org/tutorials/raster_api_tut.html#using-create

Even

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