[mapserver-users] Converting PDF files to GeoTiff

[Mike Flannigan]

Thank you.  I should have known that, but I
didn't.


Mike


On 3/21/2014 10:06 AM, Smith, Michael wrote:
> GDAL 1.8 or newer
>
> http://www.gdal.org/frmt_pdf.html
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> Mike Smith
> Augusta ME
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> From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Mike Flannigan
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 11:06 AM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [mapserver-users] Converting PDF files to GeoTiff
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> 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
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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
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