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I have rendered a TIFF file, which is on the Mars2000, simple cyllindrical projection format. I want to upload the file to MapBox, and thus need a GeoTiff file.

How can I use GDAL, or similar, to convert the TIFF file to a GeoTIFF?

The image is on the exact same format and resolution as Mars MGS MOLA, as this was the base image for the render, which looks like this: Mars Render

I used GDAL with the command gdal_translate -of GTiff -a_srs .\format.wkt input.tif output.tif (which worked without errors) however when I upload to MapBox I get the following error Error creating Mapnik Datasource: could not read georeferencing , so I suspect the format is still corrupt somehow.

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    what is the disk file size of the TIFF, have you tried using this online converter? mygeodata.cloud/converter/img-to-geotiff
    – Yogesh Chavan
    Commented Feb 23, 2022 at 15:41
  • @Yogi It's 4GB, so that might be an option. If I understood their pricing correctly I would have to purchase a premium plan though.
    – Rudi
    Commented Feb 23, 2022 at 15:47
  • It's free for the first few conversions though. But not sure if the browser limit will allow you to get it uploaded. Give it a try.
    – Yogesh Chavan
    Commented Feb 23, 2022 at 15:57
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    oops! then might have to see other options. There are other ways around it besides making it too expensive. Do you have any GIS desktop apps? gis.stackexchange.com/questions/87642/… stackoverflow.com/questions/10956818/…
    – Yogesh Chavan
    Commented Feb 23, 2022 at 16:04
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    Instead of adding the solution to your question body, it would be more useful to create an an answer and accept it as correct.
    – Matt
    Commented Feb 25, 2022 at 9:48

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The solution was to do an inspection of the original TIFF (using gdalinfo) to figure out the corner coordinates of the projection, and copying the projection format to a file named format.wkt. The correct metadata was then assigned using gdal_translate -of GTiff -a_srs .\format.wkt -a_ullr -10669675.197 5334837.599 10669675.197 -5334837.599 input.tif output.tif

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