2007.07.03 18:37 "[Tiff] BigTIFF extension?", by Phil Harvey

2007.07.04 19:17 "Re: [Tiff] BigTIFF extension", by Frank Warmerdam

On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:56:38 +0100, Kemp Watson <kemp@extelligence.net> wrote:

Besides, if a user tries to open a BigTIFF file with a regular TIFF tool, they will need to get a BigTIFF tool no matter what the file extension is.

The real question here is what error message is presented?

Obviously it will never be the best message: "This is a BigTIFF file, please upgrade to a version which supports BigTIFF".

Andrew,

Surprisingly, this is the error (roughly) issued by libtiff for the last year or two, anticipating the eventual use of bigtiff.

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