`--input-format` WKT?

[dbaston]

Feature description

I'm often wanting to plug an example geometry into the GDAL CLI to test something, ideally without leaving temporary files around. I have not found anything better than the approach of @postholer, e.g.

echo -e "wkt\n\"POINT (440720 3751320)\"" | gdal pipeline read --input-format CSV --oo GEOM_POSSIBLE_NAMES=wkt /vsistdin/ ! info

It would be nice to do something like

gdal pipeline read --input-format WKT "POINT (440720 3751320)" ! info

Probably this could be done with a little hack in the "read" step, rather than implementing a WKT driver?

Additional context

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[jratike80]

I use often SQLite dialect -sql select st_geomfromtext('POINT (440720 3751320)') using the special SQLite db :memory: as source. Direct WKT would be nice. Maybe even support for the PostGIS EWKT if projections matter.

[rouault]

Probably this could be done with a little hack in the "read" step, rather than implementing a WKT driver?

possibly, although it could turn to be simpler than a hack. Regardless of the way it is implement, it would be nice to not have to specify "--input-format WKT" at all.