[Gdal-dev] RE: MapServer WCS

[Martin Daly]

Frank,

> Well, an extra TIFFOpen() isn't that expensive; however, it 
> happens there is a very nice mechanism for handling this.  
> The GDALDataset class has a
> GetInternalHandle() method specifically intended to make it 
> possible to get internal access handles for "extended access" 
> by applications with very specific needs.  I have added an 
> implementation for the GTiffDataset that returns hTIFF.
> 
> void *GTiffDataset::GetInternalHandle( const char * pszHandleName )
> 
> {
>      return hTIFF;
> }
> 
> To future proof you code I would encourage you to pass the 
> handle name "hTIFF".
> 
> Does this give you what you need?

It does indeed.

Thanks.
Martin