.mif file with intended DATA section should be recognised as correct

[sfkeller]

I got a .mif/.mid file from the Canadian Wind Speed Atlas (​http://www.windatlas.ca/en/nav.php?field=EU&height=80&season=ANU&no=26 ) and ogr2ogr would not read ist (ERROR 6: ...).

The problem was already reported in OSGEO mailing list (​http://tinyurl.com/6coy7yh ) and it seems to stem from the DATA section in the .mif file which is intended by one space as shown below:

*** Not recognised .mif file ***
VERSION 450
Charset "Neutral"
delimiter ";"
CoordSys Earth Projection 20,  999,  12, 0, 0, 0, 7,  -100.0000 , 90, 0.9330127, 0,   0
Columns     9
E1_12031_CAN___ decimal (10,3)
E2_12031_CAN___ decimal (10,3)
EU_12031_CAN___ decimal (10,3)
EU2_12031_CAN__ decimal (10,3)
MG_0_CAN1D000   decimal (10,3)
ME_0_CAN1D000   decimal (10,3)
LA_1_LATITUDE   decimal (10,3)
LO_1_LONGITUD   decimal (10,3)
_2B_0_RUGOSITE  decimal (10,3)
  DATA
  RECT    665009.6       -4729370.        670010.0       -4724370.    
  RECT    670010.0       -4729370.        675009.9       -4724369.    
  RECT    675009.9       -4729370.        680010.0       -4724370.    
  RECT    680010.0       -4729370.        685010.3       -4724369.    
...

*** currently recognised by OGR ***
VERSION 450
Charset "Neutral"
delimiter ";"
CoordSys Earth Projection 20,  999,  12, 0, 0, 0, 7,  -100.0000 , 90, 0.9330127, 0,   0
Columns     9
E1_12031_CAN___ decimal (10,3)
E2_12031_CAN___ decimal (10,3)
EU_12031_CAN___ decimal (10,3)
EU2_12031_CAN__ decimal (10,3)
MG_0_CAN1D000   decimal (10,3)
ME_0_CAN1D000   decimal (10,3)
LA_1_LATITUDE   decimal (10,3)
LO_1_LONGITUD   decimal (10,3)
_2B_0_RUGOSITE  decimal (10,3)
DATA
RECT    665009.6       -4729370.        670010.0       -4724370.    
RECT    670010.0       -4729370.        675009.9       -4724369.    
RECT    675009.9       -4729370.        680010.0       -4724370.    
RECT    680010.0       -4729370.        685010.3       -4724369.    
...

[Daniel Morissette]

I have verified that this is fixed in GDAL/OGR 1.8.0 (see ticket #3694)