[Geoserver-users] "Invalid URL" when creating a CoverageStore from a GeoTIFF

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1

Hullo all,

I'm trying to create a coverage in GeoServer 1.7 from a GeoTIFF. Said
GeoTIFF was in turn created by gdal_translate from a mrsid file. I get this
error message:

"Invalid url: 'file:coverages/dane.tiff' for format type:'GeoTIFF'.

I saw from a previous post that lack of a coordinate system will produce
this message, but that doesn't appear to be the case here. gdalinfo reports:

Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
Files: dane.tiff
Size is 73467, 57860
Coordinate System is:
PROJCS["NAD83 / UTM zone 16N",
    GEOGCS["NAD83",
        DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",
            SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.2572221010002,
                AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],
        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],
    PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
    PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
    PARAMETER["central_meridian",-87],
    PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
    PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
    PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
    UNIT["metre",1,
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","26916"]]
Origin = (264644.000000000000000,4799492.000000000000000)
Pixel Size = (1.000000000000000,-1.000000000000000)

TIA!

rick

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Uh-oh. Quantum GIS won't display the image either. So maybe it's a problem
with gdal_translate instead, but if anyone notices anything funky about the
info in the previous message, you'll likely save me considerable time.
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The geotiff appears to be correct.

Are you able to share for a quick test?

Simone.
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GeoSolutions S.A.S.
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Via Carignoni 51
55041 Camaiore (LU)
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On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:43 PM, lupus247 <fewayne@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hullo all,

I'm trying to create a coverage in GeoServer 1.7 from a GeoTIFF. Said
GeoTIFF was in turn created by gdal_translate from a mrsid file. I get this
error message:

"Invalid url: 'file:coverages/dane.tiff' for format type:'GeoTIFF'.

I saw from a previous post that lack of a coordinate system will produce
this message, but that doesn't appear to be the case here. gdalinfo reports:

Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
Files: dane.tiff
Size is 73467, 57860
Coordinate System is:
PROJCS["NAD83 / UTM zone 16N",
GEOGCS["NAD83",
DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",
SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.2572221010002,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],
PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],
PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],
PARAMETER["central_meridian",-87],
PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],
PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],
PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
UNIT["metre",1,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","26916"]]
Origin = (264644.000000000000000,4799492.000000000000000)
Pixel Size = (1.000000000000000,-1.000000000000000)

TIA!

rick

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Simone Giannecchini wrote:

The geotiff appears to be correct.

Are you able to share for a quick test?

Simone.

Mmm, yes but it will certainly take awhile, as the TIFF is 11 GB!

Or is that likely the problem right there?

rw

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One of the GIS-savvy fellows on campus suggests that I have run into the
"BigTIFF" problem -- that while GDAL is able to create 11-GB GeoTIFFs, both
GeoServer and Quantum may be unable to read them. I couldn't determine for
sure from the release notes if this was true for GeoServer -- but I'll bet
one of you knows!

lupus247 wrote:

I'm trying to create a coverage in GeoServer 1.7 from a GeoTIFF. Said
GeoTIFF was in turn created by gdal_translate from a mrsid file. I get
this error message:

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Currently there is no bigtiff capability in GeoServer.
It is on the radar, but unless we get some funding for it it won't be
implemented anytime soon, since it either requires upgrading our gdal
support to a newer version or working with our java code to make it
support bigtif.

Simone.
-------------------------------------------------------
Ing. Simone Giannecchini
GeoSolutions S.A.S.
Owner - Software Engineer
Via Carignoni 51
55041 Camaiore (LU)
Italy

phone: +39 0584983027
fax: +39 0584983027
mob: +39 333 8128928

http://www.geo-solutions.it
http://simboss.blogspot.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonegiannecchini

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On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:21 PM, lupus247 <fewayne@anonymised.com> wrote:

One of the GIS-savvy fellows on campus suggests that I have run into the
"BigTIFF" problem -- that while GDAL is able to create 11-GB GeoTIFFs, both
GeoServer and Quantum may be unable to read them. I couldn't determine for
sure from the release notes if this was true for GeoServer -- but I'll bet
one of you knows!

lupus247 wrote:

I'm trying to create a coverage in GeoServer 1.7 from a GeoTIFF. Said
GeoTIFF was in turn created by gdal_translate from a mrsid file. I get
this error message:

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lupus247 ha scritto:

One of the GIS-savvy fellows on campus suggests that I have run into the
"BigTIFF" problem -- that while GDAL is able to create 11-GB GeoTIFFs, both
GeoServer and Quantum may be unable to read them. I couldn't determine for
sure from the release notes if this was true for GeoServer -- but I'll bet
one of you knows!

Afaik none of the GeoServer releases can deal with BigTIFF (aka, a TIFF
whose size is bigger than 2GB). I suggest you use some kind of compression, and if you already used it, split the file into tiles
and create a mosaic instead.

Cheers
Andrea

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Simone Giannecchini wrote:

The geotiff appears to be correct.
Are you able to share for a quick test?

Just in case anyone does care to download for a look, the TIFF in question
is now available at:
http://www.soils.wisc.edu/~wayne/dane.tif
http://www.soils.wisc.edu/~wayne/dane.tif

Remember, it's 11 GB.

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cool, I am going right click, save and then take a 2 weeks vacation :-).

Simone.
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Ing. Simone Giannecchini
GeoSolutions S.A.S.
Owner - Software Engineer
Via Carignoni 51
55041 Camaiore (LU)
Italy

phone: +39 0584983027
fax: +39 0584983027
mob: +39 333 8128928

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http://simboss.blogspot.com/
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On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 6:02 PM, lupus247 <fewayne@anonymised.com> wrote:

Simone Giannecchini wrote:

The geotiff appears to be correct.
Are you able to share for a quick test?

Just in case anyone does care to download for a look, the TIFF in question
is now available at:
http://www.soils.wisc.edu/~wayne/dane.tif
http://www.soils.wisc.edu/~wayne/dane.tif

Remember, it's 11 GB.

rw
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