Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread Homme Zwaagstra
On 01/04/15 15:31, Matt Hanson wrote: I think this is a great idea, finally users can be forced to stop using all those silly formats. > > But I think GDAL 3.0 needs a good slogan, may I suggest "There can be only one" ? > Or, "One Format to rule them all"... Homme > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2

Re: [gdal-dev] GSOC 2015 proposal - Integration of cpp GDAL utilities into GDAL core library

2015-04-01 Thread Homme Zwaagstra
Hi, On 01/04/15 22:52, Jukka Rahkonen wrote: Sean Gillies mapbox.com> writes: > >> >> >> Hi all, >> I'm not entirely clear on the signatures of the new functions. Are we > considering new functions that would be called with a single string argument > like this? >> >> ogr2ogr('-of "ESRI Sh

Re: [gdal-dev] Error while writing a dirty block in GDALFillNodata()

2015-04-01 Thread Sean Gillies
Answering my own question: I had forgotten that GDALFillNodata() modifies the given image band in-place and had not opened the dataset for updating. Once I did that, I was all clear. No problems at all with the MEM files. On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Sean Gillies wrote: > Hi all, > > I've enc

Re: [gdal-dev] GSOC 2015 proposal - Integration of cpp GDAL utilities into GDAL core library

2015-04-01 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
Sean Gillies mapbox.com> writes: > > > Hi all, > I'm not entirely clear on the signatures of the new functions. Are we considering new functions that would be called with a single string argument like this? > >   ogr2ogr('-of "ESRI Shapefile" example.shp example.json') > > From my perspective

Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread Ivan Lucena
That was a very good Poisson d'Avril Even! http://www.francetravelguide.com/april-fools-day-in-france-le-poisson-davril.html > From: even.roua...@spatialys.com > To: gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 19:11:36 +0200 > CC: dmorisse...@mapgears.com > Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] UFO forma

Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread Even Rouault
> > On 2015-04-01 11:17, Daniel Morissette wrote: > >> Good morning Even, > >> > >> That sounds like an ambitious world (universe?) domination plan, but > >> before going too deep into the implementation details, can you comment > >> on the potential for real life widespread adoption of such a un

Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread Norman Barker
probably my favourite April Fools - UFO FTW :) Norm On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Andrea Aime wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 6:21 PM, G. Allegri wrote: > >> Even, you forgot to say that this driver will be available only one day a >> year! :D >> >> > Now... this might hamper its widespread

Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread Andrea Aime
On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 6:21 PM, G. Allegri wrote: > Even, you forgot to say that this driver will be available only one day a > year! :D > > Now... this might hamper its widespread distribution... :-p Cheers Andrea -- == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit http://goo.gl/NWW

Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread G. Allegri
Even, you forgot to say that this driver will be available only one day a year! :D giovanni -- Giovanni Allegri http://about.me/giovanniallegri Gis3W - http://gis3w.it Ikare - http://ikare.it Twitter: https://twitter.com/_giohappy_ blog: http://blog.spaziogis.it GEO+ geomatica in Italia http://b

[gdal-dev] Error while writing a dirty block in GDALFillNodata()

2015-04-01 Thread Sean Gillies
Hi all, I've encountered a problem similar to the one reported at https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/4088. My case is slightly different: I've modified GDALFillNodata() to allow MEM as the temp file format (patch accepted in GDAL) and I'm getting the dirty block write error while using the MEM dri

Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread Andre Vautour
Did you happen to look at the date on your calendar this morning? :p On 2015-04-01 11:17, Daniel Morissette wrote: Good morning Even, That sounds like an ambitious world (universe?) domination plan, but before going too deep into the implementation details, can you comment on the potential fo

Re: [gdal-dev] GSOC 2015 proposal - Integration of cpp GDAL utilities into GDAL core library

2015-04-01 Thread Sean Gillies
On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Even Rouault wrote: > Le mercredi 01 avril 2015 17:24:47, Sean Gillies a écrit : > > Hi all, > > > > I'm not entirely clear on the signatures of the new functions. Are we > > considering new functions that would be called with a single string > > argument like this

Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread Daniel Morissette
Did you notice the "..." in the salutation above my signature? Replace the "..." with what your calendar says. :-) On 2015-04-01 11:30 AM, Andre Vautour wrote: Did you happen to look at the date on your calendar this morning? :p On 2015-04-01 11:17, Daniel Morissette wrote: Good morning Eve

Re: [gdal-dev] GSOC 2015 proposal - Integration of cpp GDAL utilities into GDAL core library

2015-04-01 Thread Even Rouault
Le mercredi 01 avril 2015 17:24:47, Sean Gillies a écrit : > Hi all, > > I'm not entirely clear on the signatures of the new functions. Are we > considering new functions that would be called with a single string > argument like this? > > ogr2ogr('-of "ESRI Shapefile" example.shp example.json')

Re: [gdal-dev] GSOC 2015 proposal - Integration of cpp GDAL utilities into GDAL core library

2015-04-01 Thread Sean Gillies
Hi all, I'm not entirely clear on the signatures of the new functions. Are we considering new functions that would be called with a single string argument like this? ogr2ogr('-of "ESRI Shapefile" example.shp example.json') >From my perspective this would be sort of a disaster. Instead of using

Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread Matt Hanson
I think this is a great idea, finally users can be forced to stop using all those silly formats. But I think GDAL 3.0 needs a good slogan, may I suggest "There can be only one" ? On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote: > Good morning Even, > > That sounds like an ambitious w

Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread Daniel Morissette
Good morning Even, That sounds like an ambitious world (universe?) domination plan, but before going too deep into the implementation details, can you comment on the potential for real life widespread adoption of such a universal format in a world where everyone and their dog wants to have the

[gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

2015-04-01 Thread Even Rouault
Hi, Since some time a few ideas came to my mind and I felt today was a good one to share them and get feedback. Considering the never ending proliferation of GIS file formats, currently 220 handled in GDAL trunk, it seems wise to put an end to it. Especially since the counter used to iterate ov