E57: ASTM E57 3D file format (image part)

Added in version 3.13.

Driver short name

E57

Driver built-in by default

but the JPEG or PNG drivers must be available.

This is a read-only driver that reads 2D images potentially included in a ASTM E57 3D file.

It does NOT read the point cloud part of such files. For that, you may use PDAL's E57 reader.

Masks are combined with the JPEG/PNG image and reported as GDAL mask bands.

If a single JPEG or PNG image is included in the file, it is directly reported. Otherwise if there are multiple images, opening the .e57 file will report several subdatasets, whose connection string is of the form E57:"{filename.e57}":{image_name}.

The XML descriptor contained in a E57 file can be accessed in the xml:E57 metadata domain.

Checksums at end of E57 physical pages are not verified.

Driver capabilities

Supports VirtualIO

This driver supports virtual I/O operations (/vsimem/, etc.)

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