Hello, I confirm the driver is called "PostGIS Raster" instead of "WKT Raster". The old name just remains in testing scripts. The rest is ok. And I'm in contact with David for everything related with the driver.
Best regards, Jorge On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:48 PM, David Zwarg <dzwarg+g...@azavea.com> wrote: > Hi Frank, > > Yes, I am modernizing some of the testing scripts for PostGISRaster, and > adding write support in the near future. I've been in touch with and am > coordinating with Jorge. > > I think it was just the test script that used the old name, btw. The driver > is truly called "PostGISRaster", just the test script wasn't up-to-date. > > Thanks, > Zwarg > > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmer...@pobox.com> > wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:38 AM, David Zwarg <dzwarg+g...@azavea.com> >> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I would like to help add write support and more to the Postgis Raster >> > driver. Currently, there is a loader script in the autotest/data >> > directory >> > for the driver -- when write support is complete, will that script no >> > longer >> > be necessary? I don't see any corresponding test loading scripts for any >> > of >> > the other types of drivers. >> > >> > Also, in many places the driver is "WKTRaster" -- would it be possible >> > to >> > update the name of the driver to PostgisRaster, or pgRaster, or >> > something >> > similar? WKTRaster was the name of the spike branch, but raster support >> > was >> > renamed from WKTRaster when it was brought into Postgis trunk. >> >> David, >> >> Renaming the driver at this point should be ok. The >> driver name is mainly used for creation operations so >> if we don't yet support creation it isn't going to break >> existing scripts when it changes. >> >> If it would break a lot of stuff, I'd have suggested registering >> it twice - once under each name. >> >> I'm looking forward to improvements. I presume you are >> in communication with Jorge who has done most of the >> previous work, right? I think he mentioned the two of you >> are collaborating. >> >> Best regards, >> -- >> >> ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- >> I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, >> warmer...@pobox.com >> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam >> and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer > > > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev -- Jorge Arévalo Internet & Mobility Division, DEIMOS jorge.arev...@deimos-space.com http://mobility.grupodeimos.com/ http://www.libregis.org http://geohash.org/ezjqgrgzz0g _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
