[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #1157: incorrect loading and band management of 2-band rasters

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#1157: incorrect loading and band management of 2-band rasters
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        Reporter:  gislab                            |         Owner:  ersts        
            Type:  bug                               |        Status:  new          
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:  Version 1.0.0
       Component:  Rasters                           |       Version:  HEAD         
      Resolution:                                    |      Keywords:               
Platform_version:                                    |      Platform:  All          
        Must_fix:  Yes                               |   Status_info:  0            
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Comment (by ersts):

 Replying to [comment:5 msieczka]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 ersts]:
 > > Providing an example would be great!
 >
 > There is, attached to the ticket.

 Yes, so there is, looked at the screen shot but not the other file.

 >
 > > I personally have never had the need for a 2-band image, and cannot
 come up with a situation where one would be needed, let alone displaying
 them in color.
 >
 > I can't speak for the report's author, but as to me - since QGIS allows
 to load such data, it should handle them somehow, shouldn't it?

 Sure it should! Looking at the example image, I think it would be better
 to load this as gray scale rather than force 122/RGB.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1157#comment:6>
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