[gdal-dev] bug in OGRGeometryTypeToName

2012-12-30 Thread Ben Discoe
Unless there's something I'm not understanding, it seems there is a highly visible bug in OGRGeometryTypeToName() in GDAL 1.9.2. Namely, it says that all 3D types are 2D, and 2D types are 3D. See ogrgeometry.cpp: bool b25D = wkbFlatten(eType) != eType; switch( wkbFlatten(eType) ) {

Re: [gdal-dev] GDAL, Python and PyQt4 bindings on windows

2012-12-30 Thread Simon Lyngby Kokkendorff
Hi Luis, I have encountered a similar issue on my machine (win xp sp3 too). I think what I saw was due to PyQt4 using a version of libmysql.dll, which gdal is also linked against (dll included in the binaries from Tamas), and it is crucial which version is found first by windows. Notice that wi

Re: [gdal-dev] On compiling Proj4: Why does checkinstall complain about --pkgname?

2012-12-30 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Doug: > Checkinstall seems to be dead. Felipe was the only one maintaining > it. You may have better luck using alien from a .deb version of the > applications. What a pity it would be if such a wonderful project is really un-maintained... > (Come on, Felipe. Prove me wrong.) > > The unexpec

[gdal-dev] On compiling Proj4: Why does checkinstall complain about --pkgname?

2012-12-30 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Hi! (apologies for cross-posting) I am trying to get a grip on the use of checkinstall in compiling Proj4, GEOS, GDAL. My long-term goal is to build a (custom) script to automate the compilation of the above plus GRASS, plus GDAL's GRASS-driver plugin. In general, checkinstall builds and isnt

[gdal-dev] A geocoding client API in GDAL/OGR

2012-12-30 Thread Even Rouault
Hi all, A new API has been added to GDAL/OGR to use geocoding services, such as OpenStreetMap Nominatim, MapQuest Nominatim, Yahoo! PlaceFinder, GeoNames or Bing. For more details, see http://erouault.blogspot.fr/2012/12/a-geocoding-client-api-in-gdalogr.html Best regards, Even __