[Gvsig_english] Rasterformats

[Luis W. Sevilla]

Hi Fran, Sven
Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Sven Böhme (WhereGroup) wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> does gvSIG supports the following raster formats?
>>
>> Arc/Info Binary Grid
>>
>> Arc/Info ASCII Grid
>>
>> GRASS Raster
>>
>> Erdas Imagine
>
>
> Sven,
>
> An obvious step is to actually try these.
>
> But my understanding is that gvSIG uses (at least optionally) GDAL for
> extended raster format support.  GDAL is by default built with arc/info
> binary grid, arc/info ascii grid and erdas imagine formats supported.
> GRASS is optional, so I doubt it is included unless some special efforts
> have been made.

you're almost right. We're using gdal for handling raster formats, so
all gdal raster formats are supported for reading.
greetings
    Luis

> I'm speaking about this in a somewhat theoretical way since I don't
> currently
> have a gvSIG install handy and in any event it might depends on
> particular
> build configurations.

>
> Best regards,



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  Luis W. Sevilla
  Responsable de desarrollo gvSIG en la / gvSIG development Chief at
  Conselleria de Infraestructuras y Transporte
  Generalitat Valenciana
  Valencia - Spain
  http://www.gvsig.gva.es