[Gdal-dev] Gdalwarp resampling

[Frank Warmerdam]

Matt.Wilkie wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> On the page http://gdal.maptools.org/gdal_utilities.html at the end of the
> 'gdalwarp' section it says:
> 
> ---------
> Mosaicing into an existing output file is supported if the output file
> already exists.
> 
> It currently has the following limitations:
> 
>     * Only 8 bit data is can be warped.
>     * The entire source image is held in memory.
>     * Only nearest neighbour resampling is available. 
> ---------
> 
> Do these limitations apply only to mosaicking or to all gdalwarp options
> generally?

Matt,

Those limitations only apply to gdalwarpsimple.  Since gdalwarp has replaced
the old warper in CVS those restrictions no longer applied.  Of course, if you
are still using 1.1.9 they do apply (for all warps with the old warper).

Best regards,

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