[Qgis-user] Unsupported data source

Andre Joost andre+joost at nurfuerspam.de
Fri Jun 16 10:18:54 PDT 2017


Am 16.06.2017 um 18:46 schrieb Andrew Brooks:
> Hi
>
> I'm getting the error "Unsupported data source" when trying to load a
> raster layer.
> The console windows show no more information about what it doesn't like
> about the file :-(
> Photoshop and other image viewers are happy to display the images.
>
> The files have all been created by GDAL (via a vrt) so I'm a bit stuck; how
> do I find the problem?
>
> gdalinfo reports
> Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
> Files: k-42-141.utm.tif

I guess the driver stumbles over the two points in the filename, not 
knowing the extension should be tif or utm.tif.

Try to substitute the first point. If gdalinfo works, the QGIS importer 
should too.

HTH,
André Joost





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