[Qgis-user] Re: QGIS cannot read .nc files on my Windows7 64 Bits

Thu May 17 10:44:05 PDT 2012

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:58 PM, MattJack <mathieu at yadusurf.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your answer Etienne,
>
>> which version of gdal did you install in osgeo4w?
> I used the installer linked in  http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ this OSGEO4W
> page  , and just run a "standard" installation.
> I did not know it was possible to choose a version of GDAL.
> gdalinfo --version says :
> GDAL 1.7.3, released 2010/11/10
>
>>try this and see if NetCDF shows up, if not then the build does NOT have
> netcdf support (haven't >checked)
>>gdalinfo --formats
> Yes you are right, NetCDF is not listed (and neither HDF4 and HDF4Image)

I am not really familiar with osgeo4w (I use linux), but  I just
tested an my install of gdalinfo (1.7.4) does have netcdf, hdf4 and
hdf5

Maybe someone else can comment further on this?

C:\>c:\OSGeo4W\apps\gdal-17\bin\gdalinfo.exe --version
GDAL 1.7.3, released 2010/11/10

C:\>c:\OSGeo4W\apps\gdal-17\bin\gdalinfo.exe --formats
Supported Formats:
  VRT (rw+v): Virtual Raster
  GTiff (rw+v): GeoTIFF
  NITF (rw+v): National Imagery Transmission Format
  RPFTOC (ro): Raster Product Format TOC format
  HFA (rw+v): Erdas Imagine Images (.img)
  SAR_CEOS (ro): CEOS SAR Image
  CEOS (ro): CEOS Image
  JAXAPALSAR (ro): JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5)
  GFF (rov): Ground-based SAR Applications Testbed File Format (.gff)
  ELAS (rw+): ELAS
  AIG (ro): Arc/Info Binary Grid
  AAIGrid (rwv): Arc/Info ASCII Grid
  SDTS (ro): SDTS Raster
  OGDI (ro): OGDI Bridge
  DTED (rwv): DTED Elevation Raster
  PNG (rwv): Portable Network Graphics
  JPEG (rwv): JPEG JFIF
  MEM (rw+): In Memory Raster
  JDEM (ro): Japanese DEM (.mem)
  GIF (rwv): Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
  BIGGIF (rov): Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
  ESAT (ro): Envisat Image Format
  BSB (ro): Maptech BSB Nautical Charts
  XPM (rw): X11 PixMap Format
  BMP (rw+v): MS Windows Device Independent Bitmap
  DIMAP (ro): SPOT DIMAP
  AirSAR (ro): AirSAR Polarimetric Image
  RS2 (ro): RadarSat 2 XML Product
  PCIDSK (rw+v): PCIDSK Database File
  PCRaster (rw): PCRaster Raster File
  ILWIS (rw+v): ILWIS Raster Map
  SGI (rw+): SGI Image File Format 1.0
  SRTMHGT (rwv): SRTMHGT File Format
  Leveller (rw+): Leveller heightfield
  Terragen (rw+): Terragen heightfield
  GMT (rw): GMT NetCDF Grid Format
  netCDF (rw): Network Common Data Format
  HDF4 (ro): Hierarchical Data Format Release 4
  HDF4Image (rw+): HDF4 Dataset
  ISIS3 (ro): USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3)
  ISIS2 (ro): USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2)
  PDS (ro): NASA Planetary Data System
  TIL (ro): EarthWatch .TIL
  ERS (rw+): ERMapper .ers Labelled
  L1B (ro): NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set
  FIT (rw): FIT Image
  GRIB (ro): GRIdded Binary (.grb)
  RMF (rw+): Raster Matrix Format
  WCS (ro): OGC Web Coverage Service
  WMS (ro): OGC Web Map Service
  MSGN (ro): EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat)
  RST (rw+): Idrisi Raster A.1
  INGR (rw+): Intergraph Raster
  GSAG (rw): Golden Software ASCII Grid (.grd)
  GSBG (rw+): Golden Software Binary Grid (.grd)
  GS7BG (ro): Golden Software 7 Binary Grid (.grd)
  COSAR (ro): COSAR Annotated Binary Matrix (TerraSAR-X)
  TSX (ro): TerraSAR-X Product
  COASP (ro): DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster
  R (rwv): R Object Data Store
  PNM (rw+): Portable Pixmap Format (netpbm)
  DOQ1 (ro): USGS DOQ (Old Style)
  DOQ2 (ro): USGS DOQ (New Style)
  ENVI (rw+v): ENVI .hdr Labelled
  EHdr (rw+v): ESRI .hdr Labelled
  GenBin (ro): Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled)
  PAux (rw+): PCI .aux Labelled
  MFF (rw+): Vexcel MFF Raster
  MFF2 (rw+): Vexcel MFF2 (HKV) Raster
  FujiBAS (ro): Fuji BAS Scanner Image
  GSC (ro): GSC Geogrid
  FAST (ro): EOSAT FAST Format
  BT (rw+): VTP .bt (Binary Terrain) 1.3 Format
  LAN (ro): Erdas .LAN/.GIS
  CPG (ro): Convair PolGASP
  IDA (rw+): Image Data and Analysis
  NDF (ro): NLAPS Data Format
  EIR (ro): Erdas Imagine Raw
  DIPEx (ro): DIPEx
  LCP (rov): FARSITE v.4 Landscape File (.lcp)
  RIK (ro): Swedish Grid RIK (.rik)
  USGSDEM (rw): USGS Optional ASCII DEM (and CDED)
  GXF (ro): GeoSoft Grid Exchange Format
  HTTP (ro): HTTP Fetching Wrapper
  BAG (ro): Bathymetry Attributed Grid
  HDF5 (ro): Hierarchical Data Format Release 5
  HDF5Image (ro): HDF5 Dataset
  NWT_GRD (ro): Northwood Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tab
  NWT_GRC (ro): Northwood Classified Grid Format .grc/.tab
  ADRG (rw+v): ARC Digitized Raster Graphics
  SRP (rov): Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP)
  BLX (rw): Magellan topo (.blx)
  Rasterlite (rw): Rasterlite
  WKTRaster (ro): PostGIS WKT Raster driver
  SAGA (rw+v): SAGA GIS Binary Grid (.sdat)

>
>> If it does show up, can you try the following and post here:
>> gdalinfo --debug on  loire.nc
> Here is the output:
> ERROR 4: `loire.nc' not recognised as a supported file format.
> gdalinfo failed - unable to open 'loire.nc'.
> GDAL: GDALDeregister_GTiff() called.
>
>> ncdump -h loire.nc
> ncdump looks to be pre-installed in OSGeo4W.
> ncdump could open loire.nc, and outputted lots of metadata. Here are the
> first lines (to show the format)
> netcdf loire { // format variant: 64bit
> dimensions:
>        time = UNLIMITED ; // (1 currently)
>        longitude = 301 ;
>        latitude = 331 ;
>
>
> So it looks like, as it is, GDAL does not include netcdf??
>
> Mathieu
>
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