[mapserver-users] Converting PDF files to GeoTiff

[Mike Flannigan]

Thank you.  Give me some time and I'll post a few
of these maps.

I'll try GDAL.

I'm not sure if I want them tiled or not.  Whatever
makes the most sense.  Generally my GeoTiffs have the
border on them, so I guess that is my preference.

Execution time is not really a concern for me either.
I always have at least one computer running and doing
things like this.  I'm in no big hurry.

It would be nice if GDAL could do one map in under 3 minutes.
Lets see:  MO has 650.  650 * 48 = 31,200.
31,200 * 3 / 1440 = 65 days.  That should not be a problem.

I'll be surprised if the finished product is georeferenced.
If it is I'm really in business.


Mike


On 3/21/2014 10:08 AM, EVANS, JAMES R GS-13 USAF ACC 84 RADES/SCZE wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> I have GM 15.  If you send me a couple of your .PDFs I could benchmark
> converting them with GM.  GM is good at tiling, if you want the output
> broken up, or put in a pyramid.
> James
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Flannigan [mailto:mikeflan at att.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 9:06 AM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Cc: EVANS, JAMES R GS-13 USAF ACC 84 RADES/SCZE; jukka.rahkonen at mmmtike.fi
> Subject: Converting PDF files to GeoTiff
>
>
> 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>,
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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