It looks like the gdal is the go to tool for this but non of the gdal command recognise my pdf as geo referenced. For instance:
gdalinfo 00989I11.PDF ERROR 4: `00989I11.PDF' not recognized as a supported file format. gdalinfo failed - unable to open '00989I11.PDF'. I installed gdal 2.4.1 on macOS using brew install gdal When I open the same PDF in Acrobat Reader, I can see the lat/long when moving my cursor:
You can download the sample PDF file here
asked Apr 23, 2020 at 5:19 271 2 2 silver badges 8 8 bronze badgesno it doesn't. Anything that can be from command line or via an API though as I will need to process hundreds of pdfs
Commented Apr 23, 2020 at 5:50 Do you know what coordinate system it is? Commented Apr 23, 2020 at 5:56 it should be EPSG:4326 Commented Apr 23, 2020 at 6:22On my Ubuntu box gdal 2.2.3 can read your PDF. Please check the supported formats:
gdalinfo --formats There should be a line (among several ones):
PDF -raster,vector- (rw+vs): Geospatial PDF If no PDF support compiled into your gdal, you should look for another binary release or compile it from sources.
The projection is "Lambert conformal conic 2sp". I cannot find this projection in the EPSG file of proj. Here is the gdalinfo of your PDF:
Files: 00989I11.PDF Size is 807, 1237 Coordinate System is: PROJCS[, GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983", DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983", SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.000,298.25722210]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0], UNIT["Degree",0.017453292519943295]], PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"], PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.000], PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.000], PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-120.64261111111102], PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",35.23727777777781], PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",45.00000000000001], PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",33.00000000000001], UNIT["Inch",0.02540005080010]] Origin = (-1807206.783370411256328,2042995.121725840726867) Pixel Size = (3333.435032599861188,-3334.740105071813559) Metadata: AUTHOR= CREATION_DATE=D:20190718071421-04'00' CREATOR=MicroStation 8.11.9.867 by Bentley Systems, Incorporated NEATLINE=POLYGON ((-1487397.02629635 -1654170.76281271,563065.530890709 -16541 70.76282236,563065.530903317 1615087.4963082,-1487397.02636315 1615087.49628256, -1487397.02629635 -1654170.76281271)) PRODUCER=Adobe PDF Library 9.0 TITLE=00989I11 Corner Coordinates: Upper Left (-1807206.783, 2042995.122) (121d 9' 6.33"W, 35d42'19.71"N) Lower Left (-1807206.783,-2082078.388) (121d 8'43.18"W, 34d45'28.84"N) Upper Right ( 882875.288, 2042995.122) (120d23'37.95"W, 35d42'22.90"N) Lower Right ( 882875.288,-2082078.388) (120d23'49.26"W, 34d45'31.98"N) Center ( -462165.748, -19541.633) (120d46'19.17"W, 35d13'57.77"N) Band 1 Block=807x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Red Band 2 Block=807x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Green Band 3 Block=807x1 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Blue QGIS can read and display it at the right position (but projection is marked as unknown), QGIS is based on gdal, so probably on your machine it won't work.
