GDALDriver-class {rgdal}R Documentation

Class "GDALDriver": GDAL Driver Object

Description

GDALDriver objects encapsulate GDAL file format drivers. GDALDriver inherits from GDALMajorObject-class.

Usage

getGDALDriverNames()
gdalDrivers()
getDriverName(driver)
getDriverLongName(driver)
getGDALVersionInfo()

Arguments

driver An object inheriting from class 'GDALDriver'

Details

getGDALDriverNames, gdalDrivers:
returns all driver names currently installed in GDAL, with their declared create and copy status (some drivers can create datasets, others can only copy from a prototype with a different driver.
getDriverName:
returns the GDAL driver name associated with the driver object.
getDriverLongName:
returns a longer driver name.
getGDALVersionInfo:
returns the version of the GDAL runtime shared object.

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form new("GDALDriver", name, handle), where name: a string giving the name of a GDAL driver, handle: used internally; not for public consumption (default = NULL).

Slots

handle:
Object of class "externalptr", from class "GDALMajorObject", used internally; not for public consumption

Extends

Class "GDALMajorObject", directly.

Methods

initialize
signature(.Object = "GDALDriver"): drivername: a string giving the name of a GDAL driver, handle: used internally; not for public consumption (default = NULL)

Note

Loading the rgdal package changes the GDAL\_DATA environmental variable to the GDAL support files bundles with the package.

Author(s)

Timothy H. Keitt, modified by Roger Bivand

See Also

GDALMajorObject-class

Examples

gdalDrivers()
logo <- system.file("pictures/logo.jpg", package="rgdal")[1]
x <- new("GDALReadOnlyDataset", logo)
getDriver(x)
getDriverLongName(getDriver(x))
GDAL.close(x)

[Package rgdal version 0.5-24 Index]