[Xastir] Problem with geotiff files

Jason Cox j_cox at swiftdsl.com.au
Mon Oct 11 12:32:16 EDT 2004


Hi all,
	I am trying to setup geotiff files. I keep having problems with xastir
reorting back:

*** geoTIFF file /usr/local/share/xastir/maps/south/newy.tif is not in
the proper format.
*** Please reformat it and try again.

I have run the listgeo program and it said 

Geotiff_Information:
   Version: 1
   Key_Revision: 1.0
   Tagged_Information:
      ModelTiepointTag (2,3):
         0                0                0
         2060766.24       -3760633.44      0
      ModelPixelScaleTag (1,3):
         14.25            14.25            1
      End_Of_Tags.
   Keyed_Information:
      GTModelTypeGeoKey (Short,1): ModelTypeProjected
      GTRasterTypeGeoKey (Short,1): RasterPixelIsArea
      ProjectedCSTypeGeoKey (Short,1): PCS_WGS84_UTM_zone_53N
      ProjLinearUnitsGeoKey (Short,1): Linear_Meter
      End_Of_Keys.
   End_Of_Geotiff.

PCS = 32653 (WGS 84 / UTM zone 53N)
Projection = 16053 (UTM zone 53N)
Projection Method: CT_TransverseMercator
   ProjNatOriginLatGeoKey: 0.000000 (  0d 0' 0.00"N)
   ProjNatOriginLongGeoKey: 135.000000 (135d 0' 0.00"E)
   ProjScaleAtNatOriginGeoKey: 0.999600
   ProjFalseEastingGeoKey: 500000.000000 m
   ProjFalseNorthingGeoKey: 0.000000 m
GCS: 4326/WGS 84
Datum: 6326/World Geodetic System 1984
Ellipsoid: 7030/WGS 84 (6378137.00,6356752.31)
Prime Meridian: 8901/Greenwich (0.000000/  0d 0' 0.00"E)
Projection Linear Units: 9001/metre (1.000000m)

Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left    ( 2060766.244,-3760633.438)  (151d35'12.72"E,
32d51'41.05"S)
Lower Left    ( 2060766.244,-3773771.938)  (151d36'31.26"E,
32d58'29.87"S)
Upper Right   ( 2080416.994,-3760633.438)  (151d47'16.76"E, 32d50'
1.65"S)
Lower Right   ( 2080416.994,-3773771.938)  (151d48'36.14"E,
32d56'50.04"S)
Center        ( 2070591.619,-3767202.688)  (151d41'54.29"E,
32d54'15.80"S)

from what I can tell this is the right format.
Any help would be great.

Jason Cox


P.S If you require the tif file let me know

Thanks again

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