<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>The GDALINFO gives me this:</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">gridmac7:~ schwarzer$ /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.4/Programs/gdalinfo /Volumes/couvagl/data/source\ data/SPOT/tif/SITL-Spot-5m-RGB.tif</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFFSize is 13000, 12000</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Coordinate System is:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">PROJCS["OM D514",</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> GEOGCS["unnamed",</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> DATUM["unknown",</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> SPHEROID["unretrievable - using WGS84",6378137,298.257223563]],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PROJECTION["Hotine_Oblique_Mercator"],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",46.95240555555556],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",7.439583333333333],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["azimuth",90],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["rectified_grid_angle",90],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["false_easting",600000],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> PARAMETER["false_northing",200000],</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> UNIT["metre",1,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]]]</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Origin = (465000.000000000000000,155000.000000000000000)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Pixel Size = (5.000000000000000,-5.000000000000000)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Metadata:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; "> AREA_OR_POINT=Area</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Corner Coordinates:</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Upper Left ( 465000.000, 155000.000) ( 5d40'46.98"E, 46d32'2.32"N)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Lower Left ( 465000.000, 95000.000) ( 5d41'49.55"E, 45d59'39.74"N)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Upper Right ( 530000.000, 155000.000) ( 6d31'37.01"E, 46d32'38.20"N)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Lower Right ( 530000.000, 95000.000) ( 6d32'9.47"E, 46d 0'15.27"N)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Center ( 497500.000, 125000.000) ( 6d 6'35.73"E, 46d16'11.71"N)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Band 1 Block=13000x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Red</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Band 2 Block=13000x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Green</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">Band 3 Block=13000x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Blue</span></font></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>....<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I have to add that ArcCatalog displays this:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div><div>Projection: Hotine_Oblique_Mercator_Azimuth_Natural_Origin</div><div>False_Easting: 600000.000000</div><div>False_Northing: 200000.000000</div><div>Scale_Factor: 1.000000</div><div>Azimuth: 90.000000</div><div>Longitude_Of_Center: 7.439583</div><div>Latitude_Of_Center: 46.952406</div><div>Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_Clarke_1866</div><div>Angular Unit: Degree (0.017453292519943299)</div><div>Prime Meridian: Greenwich (0.000000000000000000)</div><div>Datum: D_Clarke_1866</div><div> Spheroid: Clarke_1866</div><div> Semimajor Axis: 6378206.400000000400000000</div><div> Semiminor Axis: 6356583.799998980900000000</div><div> Inverse Flattening: 294.978698200000000000</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I am really confused...</div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></body></html>