gdalindex question

[Dylan Keon]

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Dylan Keon wrote:
>
>> Hi Dylan :-)
>>
>> After upgrading to 4.2.x or so, I found I had to use absolute paths for
>> tileindexes.  That is, SHAPEPATH wouldn't work with my TILEINDEX
>> declaration.  So, try:
>>
>>   TILEINDEX "/full/path/to/imagery/doqq/tiled/doqq_index.shp"
>>
>> and see if that makes a difference.  Also, are you sure it's TILEITEM
>> "Location" instead of "location"?  It may be case sensitive, I can't
>> remember.
>
>
> Dylan (or Dylan),
>
> I would appreciate confirmation if this is the issue.  There seem to have
> been alot of problems with paths and tileindexes in 4.2 and later but I am
> not aware of these issues being confirmed as bugs and filed as such.  In
> particular, I would like to ensure none of these problems exist in 4.4
> when we release it.  We might also be able to roll fixes into 4.2.4 or
> later.

Frank,

A few minutes ago I tried reverting to using a TILEINDEX relative to
SHAPEPATH, and it's working fine now.  I'm using 4.2.3.  It must have
been an earlier version that was only working with absolute paths (one
of the earlier 4.2.x releases, I think).

--Dylan