<div dir="ltr"><div>To build on Mac you can basically follow the Linux steps:</div><div>Download from <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/CURRENT/">http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/CURRENT/</a></div><div>cp or mv file to /usr/local (or wherever you'd like to install it)</div><div>gunzip <br></div><div>tar xvf</div><div>In my case I wanted to add in CFITSIO so I:</div><div>sudo ./configure --with-cfitsio</div><div>sudo make</div><div>sudo make install</div><div><br></div><div>It's running like a champ and parsing the *.fits headers!</div><div>Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!</div><div>-susan<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 2:18 PM Jeff McKenna <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Trent, is it possible that you record all these steps and hints for <br>
compiling FITS support at <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildHints" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildHints</a> <br>
(i.e. create a new wiki page there and add a link to your build page in <br>
the "External Library Issues" section) That way the steps are recorded <br>
and easy to find (instead of lost in the email archives)<br>
<br>
I'm happy to add a Windows section for compiling FITS as well.<br>
<br>
thanks!<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 2018-07-05 2:12 PM, Trent Hare wrote:<br>
> Susan,<br>
> Yes - the FITS format is supported in GDAL once compilation has <br>
> been linked to CFITSIO.<br>
> <br>
> Note this driver is currently being enhanced to (1) better support FITS <br>
> files within GDAL and (2) the format FITS will have an extension added <br>
> to it, which allows more typical GIS map projection support. That branch <br>
> of GDAL is being worked on Chiara Marmo: <br>
> <a href="https://github.com/epn-vespa/gdal/tree/fits_driver" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/epn-vespa/gdal/tree/fits_driver</a><br>
> <br>
> For Mac, I'm not sure this will work, but on Linux (Fedora and Ubuntu) <br>
> this should get you FITS support in GDAL (and also get QGIS with FITS also).<br>
> <br>
> _In order to have QGIS working with FITS_<br>
> <br>
> * install CFITSIO (Fedora : cfitsio-devel ; Ubuntu : libcfitsio-dev)<br>
> * install GDAL (Fedora : gdal-devel ; Ubuntu : libgdal-dev)<br>
> * install QGIS<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *_Temporary workaround_: *<br>
> So a method Chiara created to test GDAL for FITS users is a simple <br>
> Python script which creates a GDAL VRT header pointing into the FITS <br>
> file. Once the VRT is created, any GDAL program can use it by pointing <br>
> at the VRT file (gdal_translate, QGIS, ArcMap, ...). Perhaps that is <br>
> worth a shot.<br>
> <a href="https://github.com/epn-vespa/fits2vrt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/epn-vespa/fits2vrt</a><br>
> <br>
> Lastly, once the FITS driver is updated we will try to support an <br>
> anaconda version of GDAL with CFITSIO pre-built for users (should help <br>
> Macs users too).<br>
> <br>
> Good luck,<br>
> Trent<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> P.S. maybe a little un-tested *build help* (linux again - sorry).<br>
> <br>
> Install CFITSIO<br>
> Clone/download the GDAL repo.<br>
> $ cd gdal/gdal<br>
> you have compiled there the 'fits-driver' branch, using<br>
> $ ./configure<br>
> In that same repo you have a config.log file.<br>
> If you grep cfitsio in config.log you must have (among others, and <br>
> depending on your distro)<br>
> EXTRA_INCLUDES='-I/usr/include/cfitsio '<br>
> LIBS='-lcrypto -lexpat -ljasper -ljpeg -lgeotiff -ltiff -lpng -lcfitsio <br>
> -lz -lpthread -lm -lrt -ldl -lpcre'<br>
> now<br>
> $ ./make<br>
> more: <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildingOnUnix" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildingOnUnix</a><br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 9:59 AM Susan Borda <<a href="mailto:sborda@umich.edu" target="_blank">sborda@umich.edu</a> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:sborda@umich.edu" target="_blank">sborda@umich.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Thanks Evan, I saw that mentioned in the formats list but I'm not<br>
> sure how to "build GDAL" with this library. I just downloaded GDAL<br>
> and it uses Python 3.6 but the version of CFITSIO I found uses<br>
> Python 2.x. I'm using a Mac but can easily run all of this on Linux<br>
> VM if need be.<br>
> <br>
> -susan<br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 12:45 PM Even Rouault<br>
> <<a href="mailto:even.rouault@spatialys.com" target="_blank">even.rouault@spatialys.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:even.rouault@spatialys.com" target="_blank">even.rouault@spatialys.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> On jeudi 5 juillet 2018 12:41:08 CEST Susan Borda wrote:<br>
> > Hi-<br>
> > I'm new to gdal and am trying to use gdalinfo to read a<br>
> *.fits file<br>
> > (astronomy files), specifically the header. When I list the<br>
> formats<br>
> > supported by gdalinfo, I'm only seeing FIT not FITS. Is FITS<br>
> no longer<br>
> > supported?<br>
> <br>
> It is, but you must build GDAL against the CFITSIO library:<br>
> <a href="http://gdal.org/frmt_various.html#FITS" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gdal.org/frmt_various.html#FITS</a><br>
> <br>
> On Debian and derivatives, this is the libcfitsio-dev package.<br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
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> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Susan Borda<br>
> Data Workflows Specialist<br>
> Research Data Services<br>
> University of Michigan Libraries<br>
> 3175 Shapiro Library<br>
> 734-764-9134 | <a href="mailto:sborda@umich.edu" target="_blank">sborda@umich.edu</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:sborda@umich.edu" target="_blank">sborda@umich.edu</a>><br>
> <br>
> <br>
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