Build GDAL with support for the Norwegian SOSI format

• Initial discussion about the integration if a driver for the Norwegian SOSI format (http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/3638)
• Updates on the activities of the National Mapping Authority of Norway (Statens kartverk) on that topic (in Norwegian) (​http://labs.kartverket.no/sos/)

Unix (Tested on Ubuntu 12.04)

Download and build the FYBA library from the National Mapping Authority of Norway (Statens kartverk)

The SOSI driver requires the FYBA library to read and write files in the Norwegian geodata standard format SOSI. OpenFYBA is, a source code release of the FYBA library, is distributed by the National Mapping Authority of Norway (Statens kartverk) and can be downloaded from their git repository: (​https://github.com/kartverket/fyba)

git clone https://github.com/kartverket/fyba
cd fyba
autoreconf --force --install
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd ..

This procedure installs the FYBA library (libfyba) and it`s dependencies (libfygm and libfyut) in /usr/local/.

Download and build GDAL

For the time being, convenient access to the SOSI driver is provided by a GDAL version hosted on the git repository of the National Mapping Authority of Norway (Statens Kartverk): ​https://github.com/kartverket/gdal

Please note that in this version SOSI-support is non-optional.

git clone https://github.com/kartverket/gdal gdal_sosi
cd gdal_sosi/gdal
./configure
make
sudo make install

Windows

To be done.

There are older downloads including with binary versions for Windows on: ​https://bitbucket.org/kartverket/fyba/src/e0a53133586261258e9333ce314ba1df0a1fb63e/releases?at=releases

Testing the driver

To test if the driver is been loaded, execute the following (look for "SOSI" in the results):

ogrinfo --formats

Then test with a sample file (such as http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/attachment/ticket/3638/20BygnAnlegg.SOS or http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/attachment/ticket/3638/20Tekst5000biterISO8859-10.sos):

ogrinfo 20BygnAnlegg.SOS
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