pct2rgb does not work on Linux 64 bits systems

[jcrepetto]

I have downloaded a map of Corsica at < http://www.ign.fr/telechargement/MPro/produit/SCANS/SCAN1000_Corse_L2E.zip> .

Now, I want to convert it to ECW format with gdal_translate. As it uses a palette, I first need to convert it to RGB.

$ pct2rgb.py COR_0000.TIF COR_0000_64K.TIF
0Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pct2rgb.py", line 162, in ?
    tif_ds.GetRasterBand(iBand+1).WriteArray(dst_data,0,iY)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gdal.py", line 796, in WriteArray

  File "usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/osgeo/gdal_array.py", line 157, in BandWriteArray
ValueError: array does not have corresponding GDAL data type

The same command is working on Linux 32 bits systems.

[warmerdam]

I have confirmed this occurs locally on my 64bit system with GDAL trunk.

warmerda@gdal64[9]% pct2rgb.py public_html/frank.gif out.tif --debug off
0Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/warmerda/gdal/swig/python/scripts/pct2rgb.py", line 162, in <module>
    tif_ds.GetRasterBand(iBand+1).WriteArray(dst_data,0,iY)
  File "/home/warmerda/gdal/swig/python/build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/osgeo/gdal.py", line 832, in WriteArray
    return gdalnumeric.BandWriteArray( self, array, xoff, yoff )
  File "/home/warmerda/gdal/swig/python/build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/osgeo/gdal_array.py", line 157, in BandWriteArray
    raise ValueError, "array does not have corresponding GDAL data type"
ValueError: array does not have corresponding GDAL data type

[warmerdam]

Ok, I took a new crack at this and discovered that pct2rgb.py was passing numpy.int64 arrays into BandWriteArray?() and there is no direct mapping from this type to anything that GDAL supports. I modified the method to cast to Float64 in this case in trunk (r15480).

If this does not cause any other apparent problems, then I'll port the change back into 1.5 branch before the 1.5 release.

[warmerdam]

I have merged this change back into 1.5 branch as well (r15500).