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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Hello,
Geotiff,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Is anyone
aware of existing free or Open Source graphical API's installable to Windows
(and other typical home-use platforms) that allow for a simpler, more intuative
approach to say dumping metadata or restuffing the tags to Geotiff [ie: listgeo,
geotifcp, etc]?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Not only
would this be useful for those of us who are command-line retarded (as my
colleagues might say), but it would have potential to aid in awareness of
capability for the home-user who will one day be exposed to the wonderful
world of GIS / Remote Sensing via mobile applications, etc (dot-com number 2?).
It would also be a productive tool for those who are impatient with command-line
utilities.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>A question
- a thought - and a suggestion - all rolled up into one.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Also on the
brain:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>David Lucas
mentioned that someone had been requesting information regarding a possible
plugin for Adobe PotatoChop to import and export Geotiff Tif's, without clipping
the data.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>I'm aware
of one file format plugin which apparently came with the 6.0 installation disk -
or at least the disk that I have, as it wasn't found on a 6.0 disk at work when
I had looked.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>To my
knowledge, it's only capable of import and export of Geotiff up to 100MB. This
hasn't been testing by me, but has been tested by co-workers in the past. This,
of course, is below what's needed for practical or value-added use. In fact,
it's basically unusable.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>I have
spoken with Chris Russ of Reindeer Graphics, who seems to think that the Geotiff
format itself - or at least the Tiff spec itself - has inherent limitations in
allowing for such functionality due to its bit structure. The question that
was instantly raised in my brain when hearing this, was 'Well
then, how is it that COTs packages are able to incorporate it with little to no
limitations?' He had also briefly mentioned that it would be possible to
work-around the 2GB / 30,000 line limit within the newly developed .PSD format,
which Adobe claims will work around the bit structure and memory limitations -
(according to Chris - provided with the SDK for CS?) I'm not certain of this, or
if it's possible. It would also propose the concept of creating a geo-spatial
format in .PSD, thus causing all customers to adhere to a newer, more
proprietary format, from a vendor source outputting in this
format.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>What that
idea might introduce however, is the capabilities for unlimited bands via
channels with no limitations. Is this valueable? I'm not sure, as I'm unaware of
any sensor or potential product that would benefit from this - at this time. If
any of you are aware - by all means share your insight?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>If anyone
would like me to compress the PS Geotiff plugin and send it via the mailing
list, or to specific Email addresses, please feel free to reply. I would imagine
that it would be possible to re-engineer or at least gain knowledge from this
plugin to develop a more useful one in its place. If I were a coder, I would
have done this a long time ago when the issue had presented itself to my
workflow - and released it to the Open Source community for wide-range use.
Perhaps then the utilization of Adobe Photoshop will not be 'as frowned upon' by
the scientific and academic community as it is now(?) - and/or cause society's
general consumer markets to have a compromisable solution in correcting,
editing, or analyzing imagery with a consumer product such as Adobe Photoshop or
JASC Paint Shop Pro (JASC was recently bought-out by Corel, after selling Bryce
3D to DEZ).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>I do see
great potential in the NASA/ESO/ESA FITS Liberator plugin which is similar to
what's 'needed' to composite remote sensed imagery in PS.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>If anyone
would like to discuss the issue of a 'better' or 'truer' Geotiff plugin, I have
ideas which could add value to the project.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Any
thoughts, comments, or suggestions are welcome at any time,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2>Daniel
Denk</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=423491900-13112004><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=2><A
href="mailto:ddenk@earthlink.net">ddenk@earthlink.net</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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