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[Guenther Meyer]

Am Dienstag 18 November 2008 schrieb Hamish:
> Guenther wrote:
> > the file in the utils directory are currently not maintained, maybe be we
> > should remove them at all...
>
> how far out is it?
>
> I think the biggest problem is that there is next to no documentation or
> code comments with it. I'd be interested in working on GDAL integration,
> but I have no idea where to start with that code or why choices were made
> to code it that way.
>
> eg, from README.lib_map: "The above world file does not give sensible
> results in other GDAL applications it uses a special hard coded case."
>
> ??? how/why/what?
>
>
> having said that, it may be really neat code which it would be a shame to
> lose, and this is c.2005 not 1999 so maybe not so far out...
>
this code originated a long time before I came to the project.
I don't know how it works, and I don't know what it really does.
But if it can help in using gdal, we can keep it. I just have no clue...


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