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2007.01.17 15:24 "Re: Elevation Data", by Ed Grissom
> > It seems difficult to make a completely interoperable image using > > floating-point samples. I have heard that some software which > > supports floating-point TIFF checks all the sample values in order to > > best understand how it should be displayed (assuming it can be > > reasonably displayed at all). > > In practice, you are correct. There's just not much floating point image > data written, and the few that do write it aren't always concerned with > interchange. > > But I do believe there is a consensus emerging, in that the description > in my previous message does apply to the biggest part of what is 'out > there', and the others have all kinds of ranges and as such don't > qualify to derive a consensus from. What, exactly, is the problem with using SMinSampleValue and SMaxSampleValue for this ? -- ed grissom ed.grissom@intergraph.com