[Qgis-user] QGIS won't open Martian .img files

Even Rouault even.rouault at spatialys.com
Sun Jul 10 11:41:02 PDT 2016


Le dimanche 10 juillet 2016 20:33:12, Adam Neather a écrit :
> Thanks to Even Rouault and Nicolas Cadieux for the replies. I think we
> can say that I need the GDAL driver to open the Mars data .img files
> with QGIS.
> 
> Next question - how do I install the driver? Thanks to Even and Nicolas
> I've found the download page and have the software, but I'm not sure how
> to use it with QGIS. Do I have to load it as a custom plug in? If so,
> how? If I follow Even correctly, then I can load it at the same time as
> the .img; is that simply a matter of opening both files (the .img and
> the GDAL driver) at the same time, when loading a raster?

You don't have to download anything. The driver is built in base GDAL. Just 
open the .lbl file in QGIS with "Add raster layer" or drag&drop the .lbl and 
that should work.


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