[Gvsig_english] Auto-cataloging of image files

[Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)]

Hi,

First, sorry for cross-posting to anyone also on the OSGeo-Discuss List.

I just received a CD, and regularly receive CDs, with ~100 1km x 1km ECW 
Tiles as part of a contract. Does anyone know of a routine to scan these 
files or their associated header files and creates a shapefile showing 
the extent of each image?

I sort of imagine running the routine, being asked to specify the 
directory containing the image data then having a polygon layer appear 
with the extent of each tile. The attribute table would be populated 
with layer name, coordinates, and any other metadata that can be gleaned 
from the files.

What would be really great was if in addition you could configure the 
routine to import all the images into a project, made them invisible and 
change the scale in the properties box. At present I have to import all 
files and manually change the scale range in the raster properties 
dialog box for all 100 tiles.
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Cheers Simon

Simon Cropper
Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.
P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.
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