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FSX GeoTIFF to INF Utility

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I made a utility that parses a GeoTIFF file to create an INF with positional data for the Resample tool. Of course, it isn't all that impressive when you don't need positional data in the INF when you're using a GeoTIFF, but it is handy if you end up editing the image. Saves you the step of having to add positional data back to the image, or having to input the geographic data in the INF manually.

The GeoTIFF parsing code is based on what CrashTestDummy posted here.

If you're interested, you can download it from GitHub.

Hope someone finds it useful. I'd be glad to hear comments or ideas. :)
 
Very cool!

It could really benefit me if I could open more than one file at once and save to the same inf file. Either way, this is a real time saver! Thanks!
 
Glad you like it! :cool:

If you don't need to edit the images (and thus remove the metadata), Arno has a very convenient batch file available on his blog: http://www.scenerydesign.org/2013/06/nantucket-photo-scenery/.

If you're making seasonal variations, the images should have the same dimensions, so the positional data should be a matter of copying and pasting.

If you're not working with too large an area, you could give gdalwarp multiple input files to mosaic, making one big image after you reproject. That would make editing more consistent, and only require the use of my tool once.

If none of the above solutions work out (I'm being slightly lazy and trying to avoid this :p), I can probably whip something up. Let me know what works best. :)
 
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I never heard of making a mosaic before... I will have to look in to that. :cool:

And again, handy little item, thank you.
 
Yep, it seems like something that would come in handy, but the thought hadn't occurred to me for a while either. :p If you want some reference, I asked about in this thread, and chimed in with a quicker solution here.

And you're very welcome. :)

Edit: Oh, and a side note -- if you're using FWTools, don't. It's better to use OSGeo4W or use the GDAL binaries directly. FWTools has rather outdated files at this point.
 
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