GPU Image needs updated / upgraded (was: COG output driver not recognized due to downgraded GDAL version)

[bockardo]

When running gdal_translate to convert a DSM to Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG), I get the following error:

Output driver `COG' not recognised.
The following format drivers are configured and support output:

Full command:

gdal_translate -of COG -co NUM_THREADS=48 -co BLOCKSIZE=256 -co COMPRESS=DEFLATE -co PREDICTOR=2 -co BIGTIFF=IF_SAFER -co RESAMPLING=NEAREST --config GDAL_CACHEMAX 48.65% --config GDAL_NUM_THREADS 48 /var/www/data/7725ed96-af08-4645-9bc4-656cedd49456/odm_dem/dsm.tif /var/www/data/7725ed96-af08-4645-9bc4-656cedd49456/odm_dem/dsm_cogeo.tif

This used to work fine in a previous container build. After investigating, I found that the image now uses GDAL version 3.0.4 due to a dependency on ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable, whereas it previously used GDAL 3.4.3, which includes support for the COG driver.

[kikislater]

Which release tag is this ? Master, 3.5.5 ?

[pierotofy]

I think this happens with the GPU docker images only, which seem to have an outdated version of GDAL.

[dhuyp]

I can confirm I have the same problem with GPU image. How can I update it?

[smathermather]

This is closely related to / perhaps duplicate of #1776

Edit: not a duplicate. 1776 was closed with #1779. Image does need updating though.

[smathermather]

@ehallein -- let me know if you need any support on this.

[ehallein]

@ehallein -- let me know if you need any support on this.

No problem. I'll have a look.

[ehallein]

@bockardo says it worked previously in a container? Are you sure it was the GPU container?

I think the issue is that the GPU build uses the Nvidia Cuda ubuntu 20.04, and there are no updated GDAL binaries available for it. I've had no luck getting a newer version installed. The non-gpu build uses ubuntu 21.04 which has a later version so works.

The problem is Nvidia only support ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04. However currently the ODM build system refuses to build above 21.04. I'm trying with 22.04 but getting into dependency hell :-D

@pierotofy do you want try getting ODM building on a newer version of Ubuntu? As a side note I've also failed to get the GPU build working with Cuda 12 containers due to popsift not building (due to deprecation of cuda 3.5 instructions).

[dhuyp]

@ehallein my last GPU run without this error was in February (personally). Good luck with the upgrade, I try it myself and it is worst with Ubuntu 24.04 (pip working differently), on 22.04, I were blocked on raterio...

[ehallein]

@ehallein my last GPU run without this error was in February (personally). Good luck with the upgrade, I try it myself and it is worst with Ubuntu 24.04 (pip working differently), on 22.04, I were blocked on raterio...

odd, the GPU dockerfile hasn't changed since November 2024 36897fc

[dhuyp]

But the nodeodm code change during this time? I guess the change is in a new feature: maybe this one, OpenDroneMap/NodeODM@ca61927 (I'm not sure, but it seems to enable COG by default and OPT if supported)