[Gvsig_english] Auto-cataloging of image files

[Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)]

Juan Lucas,

I tried this option but...
1. does not appear to work with wild cards e.g. *.jpg or *.ecw, and
2. does not recognize ecw files (even when the name is explicitly 
referenced).

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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On 11/02/2010 11:33 AM, Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio wrote:
> Hi, Simon.
> This looks very much like it, though I've never used it:
> http://www.gdal.org/gdaltindex.html
> I don't know if I understood well your last paragraph.
> You mean you need to set the same scale limits for all those tiles?
> Perhaps you can group them and set the scale limits in the parent layer?
> Regards,
> Juan Lucas Domínguez Rubio
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> *De:* gvsig_internacional-bounces at listserv.gva.es en nombre de Simon 
> Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)
> *Enviado el:* jue 11/02/2010 1:01
> *Para:* Users and Developers mailing list
> *Asunto:* [Gvsig_english] Auto-cataloging of image files
>
> 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.
> --
>
> Cheers Simon
>
> Simon Cropper
> Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
> PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.
> P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.
> mailto: scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au
> <mailto:scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>
> web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au 
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