[gdal-dev] tiff format: compression vs. performance

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:26:52PM +0100, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am wondering whether there is a webpage with some tips/hints on what is
> the best compression method within the tiff file format when performance
> is also an issue. My data is primarily read only, but reading should be
> fast. I heard that storing the tiff files as uncompressed is often still
> the fastest. Is this still the case? Are there recommended compression
> methods that are both fast (and allow random access to a big tiff file)
> and also creates smaller file sizes? I am looking at lossless compression
> methods, so jpeg is not an option.
> 
> Thanks for hints (or links to a webpage discussing this issue).

http://wiki.openaerialmap.org/Serving_Data

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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