[mapserver-users] Converting PDF files to GeoTiff

[Mike Flannigan]

On a perhaps related subject, I was wondering if there
was a preferred way to convert PDF map files to georeferenced
GeoTiffs?  I have thousands (many thousands) of these to
convert.

The tools I would like to use in order of preference are:
Perl
QGIS
Any open source software
Global Mapper


I am on Win7.

Here is an example of a file I want to convert:
http://www.mflan.com/temp/ny_west point_140214_1941_62500_geo.pdf

I am also not adverse to downloading the entire country (USA)
of GeoTiff 15 minute topos if they exist somewhere, but I have
not found a location that serves them up for free.


Mike
Houston, TX


On 3/21/2014 8:53 AM, mapserver-users-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:
> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:21:30 +0000
> From: "EVANS, JAMES R GS-13 USAF ACC 84 RADES/SCZE"
> 	<james.evans.4 at us.af.mil>
> To: "Rahkonen Jukka  (Tike)"<jukka.rahkonen at mmmtike.fi>,
> 	"'mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org'"  <mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Processing JP2000 files
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> Hi Jukka,
> I have Global Mapper, and used it to do a batch convert to geotiff on a test set of images.  The converted files work fine with the OpenJPEG drive, but the size almost doubles and on my 10 year old pc at home it takes about 3 minutes per file to convert.  I will look at all the options you mentioned below.
> Thanks!
> James