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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hello:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am trying to translate a GIF file (together with a world file) to a GeoTiff file using gdal_translate under Solaris2.8 machine. The command line I used is as following:</FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> gdal_translate -of GTiff -a_srs test_arc3000.gifw -projwin 1805157.7500 10010422.0000 1837382.3750 9978569.0 test_arc3000.gif test_arc3000.gtiff</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It failed to create test_arc3000.gtiff, the message I got was:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Failed to process SRS definition: test_arc3000.gifw</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The gif image (row 657, column 849) is a time slice in Gulf of Mexico region, the (ulx, uly) is (1805157.7500, 10010422.0000 ) and the (lrx, lry) is (1837382.3750 9978569.0). I have done some calculation and put required parameters in test_arc300.gifw using the corner points. Do you have any idea why I failed in using gdal_translate??</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Your help might have saved me tons of time and grieve. Thank you very much in advance! </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">best regards,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Li Andersen</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Attached are the files I used in my test....</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2 COLOR="#000000"> <<test_arc3000.gif>> </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2 COLOR="#000000"> <<test_arc3000.gifw>> </FONT>
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