[GRASSLIST:9112] Re: Idrisi format

[Hamish]

> I have a huge amount of data (over ~40 GB) in Idrisi32 format  
> (.rst, .rdc).
> 
> I would like to convert them in ENVI format.
> 
> Problem is that access to Idrisi is not possible.
> 
> 1)Is there a direct Idrisi to ENVI converter?
> 
> 2)Is there any other Idrisi to X converter, where X is a format that  
> ENVI is capable to read (e.g. ERDAS Imagine?)
> 
> I had the same problem with Idrisi files in the past. I wanted to  
> import them into GRASS then, and I managed it by sending the files to 
> someone who had Idrisi. But now the data are too large for that.


Usually you would just use gdal_translate (http://gdal.org), but:

http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2005-August/006228.html

(ie you'd have to hire Frank to add it to GDAL)


gdal_translate will write to ENVI if you can get them into anything but
Idrisi...



Hamish