[gdal-dev] Why is the nearest neighbour resampling method the "worst interpolation"?

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 21:56 -0500, William Hughes wrote:
> Nikos Alexandris wrote:
> 
[...]
> 
> Maybe, mabe not.  The pixel values can be considered as noisy
> samples of a continuous field.  As such, interpolated values may
> be considered to be a better guess as to the actual value at smaller
> pixel sizes.  On the other hand, the interpolation may have
> unwanted interactions with your classification and/or change
> detection methods.
> 
> Sometimes it helps to do your calculations with the original
> pixel spacing, then resample for output or display.
> 
>                             - William Hughes

Thank you,

Nikos