[Gdal-dev] problem with converting GeoTiff to BMP

[Norman Vine]

Ayman Kamal writes:
> 
> I have a GeoTiff file with the following data
> generated from "gdalinfo". I converted this file using
> "gdal_translate" to a bmp file, it appeared as all
> white, but when I chose to call
> 
> "poVRTBand->AddSimpleSource"
> 
> instead of
> 
> "poVRTBand->AddComplexSource"
> 
> it worked,
> 
> Can you tell me why?
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF
....
> Band 1 Block=375x1 Type=Float32, ColorInterp=Gray

only 1 Band  is a  "SIMPLE SOURCE"

HTH

Norman