[gdal-dev] RFC 58: Removing Dataset Nodata Value

[Jukka Rahkonen]

Even Rouault <even.rouault <at> spatialys.com> writes:


> 
> I'm wondering if it might not make more sense to modify the input
driver(s) to 
> not report out-of-range nodata values ? I fail to see a reason to report an 
> out-of-range nodata value.

I wonder what happens for the nodata value if we convert images with GDAL
into types with more narrow range (32-bit -> 16-bit -> byte). Can the
out-of-range nodata values be our own creatures sometimes or do we handle
the case perfectly?

-Jukka Rahkonen-