Martin, Python methods do exist. Refer to http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/browser/trunk/autotest/gcore/tiff_write.py for some Python examples of these four methods.
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Martin Raspaud <[email protected]>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Frank Warmerdam skrev: > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Martin Raspaud <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hmmm, that sounds like a sufficient solution indeed, very good idea, > thanks. > >> > >> Is there any scale/slope and offset/intercept tags defined in geotiff ? > > > > Martin, > > > > GDAL supports saving this style of metadata in a private tag as > > defined at: > > > > http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/tifftags/gdal_metadata.html > > > > To do so with the GDAL API use the SetOffset and SetScale methods > > on the GDALRasterBand: > > > > > http://www.gdal.org/classGDALRasterBand.html#44e23beb3418c44a89d25ea708207fe1 > > Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, I'm using the python interface with > gdal > 1.6.2 (since a few minutes, instead of 1.5.3), and the SetOffset/SetScale > methods are not there. > > I'll use the gdal private tags instead then... > > > > I should note that in theory the TIFF specification allows a > > mix of sample types, but in practice this is not done in the > > real world, and libtiff does not support it. > > > > GDAL *does* support reading mixed band types from a variety > > of file formats, but not TIFF. As noted, AddBand() can be used > > in a few format cases to create mixed band types though this is > > rarely done. > > Thanks for the explanation. We might jump over to netcdf4 if geotiff > becomes too > limited. > > > Best regards, > Martin > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMYUypAAoJEBdvyODiyJI4kA0IALDDzDRQQl/ZrwLAo2cXTpeN > 3M0Mu4J5V7KNEFHaT95Hy0te+D/jLP7g7iEsJcTBuoQwoK3qBQBbgzUBIf0xMeZt > HBGoU9LCpBaZS38W/8oYri2o6nUJO8ZUrdgLlELrGsC/syVKEiIdrf8puOAiJ3pi > y5IRaYegjcNi8paRDCBD9cuedB2lnQJYKVOglh2h0pBJDa3bPbvUNrqXjjLCJls3 > Eor9Vt2FVEMajcSSMz+AdnMz6gxzvMzj+0oM17WQDB4DGPTJ6BFjDp3UslLL0ldM > KcAQIt5s2FVLqqEGue/DwMlbLG4pXuz6KnIFY/+U/tMeVWjcXfnvFQIJveI4pNk= > =ce+j > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > -- Best regards, Chaitanya kumar CH. /tʃaɪθənjə/ /kʊmɑr/ +91-9494447584 17.2416N 80.1426E
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