[Geoserver-users] NITF files incorrectly georeferenced

I am trying to create a layer, either from a mosaic of NITF files, or even just a single NITF file. Some NITF files seem to work OK, but I have a many NITF2.1 files which have valid georeferencing but which fail to either mosaic or even load as separate NITF files. It is as if the NITF georeferencing is not being used.

When using the mosaic method, the store ‘.prj’ file ends up with:

LOCAL_CS[“Wildcard 2D cartesian plane in metric unit”, LOCAL_DATUM[“Unknown”, 0], UNIT[“m”, 1.0], AXIS[“x”, EAST], AXIS[“y”, NORTH], AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“404000”]] which doesn’t look right given that the NITF gdalinfo’s are all close to…

Driver: NITF/National Imagery Transmission Format

Files: blah.ntf

Size is 5120, 10464

Coordinate System is `’

GCP Projection =

GEOGCS[“WGS 84”,

DATUM[“WGS_1984”,

SPHEROID[“WGS 84”,6378137,298.257223563,

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“7030”]],

TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“6326”]],

PRIMEM[“Greenwich”,0,

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“8901”]],

UNIT[“degree”,0.0174532925199433,

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“9108”]],

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“4326”]]

GCP[ 0]: Id=UpperLeft, Info=

(0.5,0.5) → (1.292,52.662,0)

GCP[ 1]: Id=UpperRight, Info=

(5119.5,0.5) → (1.315,52.662,0)

GCP[ 2]: Id=LowerRight, Info=

(5119.5,10463.5) → (1.309,52.633,0)

GCP[ 3]: Id=LowerLeft, Info=

(0.5,10463.5) → (1.29,52.633,0)

Metadata:

NITF_ABPP=10

NITF_CCS_COLUMN=0

NITF_CCS_ROW=0

NITF_CLEVEL=06

NITF_ENCRYP=0

NITF_FBKGC= 48, 48, 48

NITF_FDT=20150922084921

NITF_FHDR=NITF02.10

NITF_FSCATP=O

NITF_FSCAUT=DGIC UK

NITF_FSCLAS=U

NITF_FSCLSY=UK

NITF_FSCLTX=

NITF_FSCODE=

NITF_FSCOP=00000

NITF_FSCPYS=00000

NITF_FSCRSN=

NITF_FSCTLH=

NITF_FSCTLN=

NITF_FSDCDT=

NITF_FSDCTP=O

NITF_FSDCXM=

NITF_FSDG=

NITF_FSDGDT=

NITF_FSREL=UK US

NITF_FSSRDT=

NITF_FTITLE=For map demo

NITF_IALVL=0

NITF_IC=NC

NITF_ICAT=EO

NITF_ICORDS=D

NITF_IDATIM=20020718092745

NITF_IDLVL=1

NITF_IGEOLO=+52.662+001.292+52.662+001.315+52.633+001.309+52.633+001.290

NITF_IID1=B014.F0003

NITF_IID2=18JUL029Z0000012ZX0E0003ZZ000A3856011611

NITF_ILOC_COLUMN=0

NITF_ILOC_ROW=0

NITF_IMAG=1.0

NITF_IMODE=B

NITF_IREP=MONO

NITF_ISCATP=O

NITF_ISCAUT=DGIC UK

NITF_ISCLAS=U

NITF_ISCLSY=UK

NITF_ISCLTX=

NITF_ISCODE=

NITF_ISCRSN=

NITF_ISCTLH=

NITF_ISCTLN=

NITF_ISDCDT=

NITF_ISDCTP=O

NITF_ISDCXM=

NITF_ISDG=

NITF_ISDGDT=

NITF_ISORCE= Ground Station

NITF_ISREL=UK US

NITF_ISSRDT=

NITF_ONAME=

NITF_OPHONE=

NITF_OSTAID=Ground Stn

NITF_PJUST=R

NITF_PVTYPE=INT

NITF_STYPE=BF01

NITF_TGTID=

Corner Coordinates:

Upper Left ( 0.0, 0.0)

Lower Left ( 0.0,10464.0)

Upper Right ( 5120.0, 0.0)

Lower Right ( 5120.0,10464.0)

Center ( 2560.0, 5232.0)

Band 1 Block=512x512 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Gray

I can view the NITF files and georeference them using GeoView and our own NITF viewer. I can preview the layer containing a single NITF file (in geoserver) but the georeferencing seems to be rubbish (perhaps origin at zero zero) even though the IGEOLO seems sound.

Any ideas?

Note that the mosaic tool crashes with (no too surprisingly) ‘No transformation available from system “EngineeringCRS[Wildcard 2D Cartesian plan in metric unit]” to “GeographicCRS[WGS84(DD)]”’

Hi,
it seems like gdalinfo itself is unable to recognize the Coordinate Reference System of your sample.

Driver: NITF/National Imagery Transmission Format

Files: blah.ntf

Size is 5120, 10464

Coordinate System is `’ <------ EMPTY

Moreover, the gdalinfo shows that your file isn’t georectified: it contains ground control points (the reported WGS84 CRS is for the GCPs).
Therefore the sample is handled like a simple image (let’s say as a picture) using a Wildcard 2D Cartesian plane so that you can express coordinates as pixels positions.

You could consider using gdalwarp to georectify your samples so that they become valid for GeoServer.

Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Daniele

···

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Smart, Gary Export License Required - US UTAS <Gary.Smart@anonymised.com> wrote:

I am trying to create a layer, either from a mosaic of NITF files, or even just a single NITF file. Some NITF files seem to work OK, but I have a many NITF2.1 files which have valid georeferencing but which fail to either mosaic or even load as separate NITF files. It is as if the NITF georeferencing is not being used.

When using the mosaic method, the store ‘.prj’ file ends up with:

LOCAL_CS[“Wildcard 2D cartesian plane in metric unit”, LOCAL_DATUM[“Unknown”, 0], UNIT[“m”, 1.0], AXIS[“x”, EAST], AXIS[“y”, NORTH], AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“404000”]] which doesn’t look right given that the NITF gdalinfo’s are all close to…

Driver: NITF/National Imagery Transmission Format

Files: blah.ntf

Size is 5120, 10464

Coordinate System is `’

GCP Projection =

GEOGCS[“WGS 84”,

DATUM[“WGS_1984”,

SPHEROID[“WGS 84”,6378137,298.257223563,

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“7030”]],

TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“6326”]],

PRIMEM[“Greenwich”,0,

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“8901”]],

UNIT[“degree”,0.0174532925199433,

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“9108”]],

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“4326”]]

GCP[ 0]: Id=UpperLeft, Info=

(0.5,0.5) → (1.292,52.662,0)

GCP[ 1]: Id=UpperRight, Info=

(5119.5,0.5) → (1.315,52.662,0)

GCP[ 2]: Id=LowerRight, Info=

(5119.5,10463.5) → (1.309,52.633,0)

GCP[ 3]: Id=LowerLeft, Info=

(0.5,10463.5) → (1.29,52.633,0)

Metadata:

NITF_ABPP=10

NITF_CCS_COLUMN=0

NITF_CCS_ROW=0

NITF_CLEVEL=06

NITF_ENCRYP=0

NITF_FBKGC= 48, 48, 48

NITF_FDT=20150922084921

NITF_FHDR=NITF02.10

NITF_FSCATP=O

NITF_FSCAUT=DGIC UK

NITF_FSCLAS=U

NITF_FSCLSY=UK

NITF_FSCLTX=

NITF_FSCODE=

NITF_FSCOP=00000

NITF_FSCPYS=00000

NITF_FSCRSN=

NITF_FSCTLH=

NITF_FSCTLN=

NITF_FSDCDT=

NITF_FSDCTP=O

NITF_FSDCXM=

NITF_FSDG=

NITF_FSDGDT=

NITF_FSREL=UK US

NITF_FSSRDT=

NITF_FTITLE=For map demo

NITF_IALVL=0

NITF_IC=NC

NITF_ICAT=EO

NITF_ICORDS=D

NITF_IDATIM=20020718092745

NITF_IDLVL=1

NITF_IGEOLO=+52.662+001.292+52.662+001.315+52.633+001.309+52.633+001.290

NITF_IID1=B014.F0003

NITF_IID2=18JUL029Z0000012ZX0E0003ZZ000A3856011611

NITF_ILOC_COLUMN=0

NITF_ILOC_ROW=0

NITF_IMAG=1.0

NITF_IMODE=B

NITF_IREP=MONO

NITF_ISCATP=O

NITF_ISCAUT=DGIC UK

NITF_ISCLAS=U

NITF_ISCLSY=UK

NITF_ISCLTX=

NITF_ISCODE=

NITF_ISCRSN=

NITF_ISCTLH=

NITF_ISCTLN=

NITF_ISDCDT=

NITF_ISDCTP=O

NITF_ISDCXM=

NITF_ISDG=

NITF_ISDGDT=

NITF_ISORCE= Ground Station

NITF_ISREL=UK US

NITF_ISSRDT=

NITF_ONAME=

NITF_OPHONE=

NITF_OSTAID=Ground Stn

NITF_PJUST=R

NITF_PVTYPE=INT

NITF_STYPE=BF01

NITF_TGTID=

Corner Coordinates:

Upper Left ( 0.0, 0.0)

Lower Left ( 0.0,10464.0)

Upper Right ( 5120.0, 0.0)

Lower Right ( 5120.0,10464.0)

Center ( 2560.0, 5232.0)

Band 1 Block=512x512 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Gray

I can view the NITF files and georeference them using GeoView and our own NITF viewer. I can preview the layer containing a single NITF file (in geoserver) but the georeferencing seems to be rubbish (perhaps origin at zero zero) even though the IGEOLO seems sound.

Any ideas?

Note that the mosaic tool crashes with (no too surprisingly) ‘No transformation available from system “EngineeringCRS[Wildcard 2D Cartesian plan in metric unit]” to “GeographicCRS[WGS84(DD)]”’



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I don’t think I have ever seen a NITF output from GDAL which reports anything on the line ‘Coordinate System is:’ – I was under the impression that the wealth of information below described the Coordinate System.

I was also under the impression that geoserver could import random NITF images (these are large NADIR views) and serve them through the WMS (i.e. presumably using GDAL to orthorectify the imagery en-route). To do this, I thought it used the four corner georeferencing clearly contained in this NITF file and all the others I have.

Is this not the case? I can see the images using the ‘layer preview’ tool, so I presume it can serve them somehow – and they look warped as required. But they just seem to be in the wrong place on the Earth!

···

Hi,

it seems like gdalinfo itself is unable to recognize the Coordinate Reference System of your sample.

Driver: NITF/National Imagery Transmission Format

Files: blah.ntf

Size is 5120, 10464

Coordinate System is `’ <------ EMPTY

Moreover, the gdalinfo shows that your file isn’t georectified: it contains ground control points (the reported WGS84 CRS is for the GCPs).

Therefore the sample is handled like a simple image (let’s say as a picture) using a Wildcard 2D Cartesian plane so that you can express coordinates as pixels positions.

You could consider using gdalwarp to georectify your samples so that they become valid for GeoServer.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Daniele

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Smart, Gary Export License Required - US UTAS <Gary.Smart@…7257…> wrote:

I am trying to create a layer, either from a mosaic of NITF files, or even just a single NITF file. Some NITF files seem to work OK, but I have a many NITF2.1 files which have valid georeferencing but which fail to either mosaic or even load as separate NITF files. It is as if the NITF georeferencing is not being used.

When using the mosaic method, the store ‘.prj’ file ends up with:

LOCAL_CS[“Wildcard 2D cartesian plane in metric unit”, LOCAL_DATUM[“Unknown”, 0], UNIT[“m”, 1.0], AXIS[“x”, EAST], AXIS[“y”, NORTH], AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“404000”]] which doesn’t look right given that the NITF gdalinfo’s are all close to…

Driver: NITF/National Imagery Transmission Format

Files: blah.ntf

Size is 5120, 10464

Coordinate System is `’

GCP Projection =

GEOGCS[“WGS 84”,

DATUM[“WGS_1984”,

SPHEROID[“WGS 84”,6378137,298.257223563,

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“7030”]],

TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“6326”]],

PRIMEM[“Greenwich”,0,

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“8901”]],

UNIT[“degree”,0.0174532925199433,

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“9108”]],

AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“4326”]]

GCP[ 0]: Id=UpperLeft, Info=

(0.5,0.5) → (1.292,52.662,0)

GCP[ 1]: Id=UpperRight, Info=

(5119.5,0.5) → (1.315,52.662,0)

GCP[ 2]: Id=LowerRight, Info=

(5119.5,10463.5) → (1.309,52.633,0)

GCP[ 3]: Id=LowerLeft, Info=

(0.5,10463.5) → (1.29,52.633,0)

Metadata:

NITF_ABPP=10

NITF_CCS_COLUMN=0

NITF_CCS_ROW=0

NITF_CLEVEL=06

NITF_ENCRYP=0

NITF_FBKGC= 48, 48, 48

NITF_FDT=20150922084921

NITF_FHDR=NITF02.10

NITF_FSCATP=O

NITF_FSCAUT=DGIC UK

NITF_FSCLAS=U

NITF_FSCLSY=UK

NITF_FSCLTX=

NITF_FSCODE=

NITF_FSCOP=00000

NITF_FSCPYS=00000

NITF_FSCRSN=

NITF_FSCTLH=

NITF_FSCTLN=

NITF_FSDCDT=

NITF_FSDCTP=O

NITF_FSDCXM=

NITF_FSDG=

NITF_FSDGDT=

NITF_FSREL=UK US

NITF_FSSRDT=

NITF_FTITLE=For map demo

NITF_IALVL=0

NITF_IC=NC

NITF_ICAT=EO

NITF_ICORDS=D

NITF_IDATIM=20020718092745

NITF_IDLVL=1

NITF_IGEOLO=+52.662+001.292+52.662+001.315+52.633+001.309+52.633+001.290

NITF_IID1=B014.F0003

NITF_IID2=18JUL029Z0000012ZX0E0003ZZ000A3856011611

NITF_ILOC_COLUMN=0

NITF_ILOC_ROW=0

NITF_IMAG=1.0

NITF_IMODE=B

NITF_IREP=MONO

NITF_ISCATP=O

NITF_ISCAUT=DGIC UK

NITF_ISCLAS=U

NITF_ISCLSY=UK

NITF_ISCLTX=

NITF_ISCODE=

NITF_ISCRSN=

NITF_ISCTLH=

NITF_ISCTLN=

NITF_ISDCDT=

NITF_ISDCTP=O

NITF_ISDCXM=

NITF_ISDG=

NITF_ISDGDT=

NITF_ISORCE= Ground Station

NITF_ISREL=UK US

NITF_ISSRDT=

NITF_ONAME=

NITF_OPHONE=

NITF_OSTAID=Ground Stn

NITF_PJUST=R

NITF_PVTYPE=INT

NITF_STYPE=BF01

NITF_TGTID=

Corner Coordinates:

Upper Left ( 0.0, 0.0)

Lower Left ( 0.0,10464.0)

Upper Right ( 5120.0, 0.0)

Lower Right ( 5120.0,10464.0)

Center ( 2560.0, 5232.0)

Band 1 Block=512x512 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Gray

I can view the NITF files and georeference them using GeoView and our own NITF viewer. I can preview the layer containing a single NITF file (in geoserver) but the georeferencing seems to be rubbish (perhaps origin at zero zero) even though the IGEOLO seems sound.

Any ideas?

Note that the mosaic tool crashes with (no too surprisingly) ‘No transformation available from system “EngineeringCRS[Wildcard 2D Cartesian plan in metric unit]” to “GeographicCRS[WGS84(DD)]”’



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On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Smart, Gary Export License Required - US
UTAS <Gary.Smart@anonymised.com> wrote:

I don’t think I have ever seen a NITF output from GDAL which reports
anything on the line ‘Coordinate System is:’ – I was under the impression
that the wealth of information below described the Coordinate System.

I was also under the impression that geoserver could import random NITF
images (these are large NADIR views) and serve them through the WMS (i.e.
presumably using GDAL to orthorectify the imagery en-route). To do this, I
thought it used the four corner georeferencing clearly contained in this
NITF file and all the others I have.

Is this not the case? I can see the images using the ‘layer preview’
tool, so I presume it can serve them somehow – and they look warped as
required. But they just seem to be in the wrong place on the Earth!

Ha ha, you certainly made a large number of assumptions there :-p
No, GeoServer does does not do any ortorectification on the fly, gdal or
not.

As Daniele suggested, you should fix those files using gdalwarp, so that
they are truly rectified.
Or, if you really want GeoServer to follow the path you imagined, you can
either add features to it yourself, the code is there for everybody, or
check commercial support (http://geoserver.org/support/) to have someone do
it for you

Cheers
Andrea

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