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2006.04.04 22:09 "Re: BigTIFF Suggestion", by Frank Warmerdam
On 4/4/06, Chris Cox wrote: > How often do applications append something to a TIFF file instead of writing > the whole file at once? > > I don't think this is a common enough occurrence to change the file format. Larry / Chris, I'm of the same opinion. If we were designing he format from scratch I *might* think this was a good idea. But I am hesitant to put features in BigTIFF that make it different than TIFF (other than Bigness support of course). Of course an application for which this was very important could keep track of the last directory offset in a small associated text file if needed. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent