[GRASS-user] import GeoPDF into GRASS: projection and boundaries of GeoPDF file?

Hamish hamish_b at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 16 21:06:45 EDT 2009


Boris wrote:
> I would like to ask for suggestions on extraction of image
> projection and boundaries from GeoPDF files.
> 
> In particular, I have a high-resolution areal photo saved
> as a GeoPDF file that I would like to import as a raster
> image into GRASS.  At this time, GDAL does not support
> conversion of GeoPDF files to other geo-referenced raster
> formats and the following steps may be necessary
> to import the areal photo into GRASS:
> 
> - convert GeoPDF to .jpg 
> - import .jpg file into GRASS with r.in.gdal
> - specify image projection and boundaries with r.region

Does GDAL support it even minimally?
ie does `gdalinfo` give the image bounds?


Hamish



      


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