[gdal-dev] Problem with image overview creation in GTiff files

[Ozy Sjahputera]

I am trying to create image overviews for a GTiff file using 
GDALDataset::BuildOverviews. I keep getting various errors such as:

ERROR 1: TIFFSetField:VISUAL.tif: Cannot modify tag "Compression" while 
writing
ERROR 1: TIFFSetField:VISUAL.tif: Cannot modify tag "ImageWidth" while 
writing
ERROR 1: TIFFSetField:VISUAL.tif: Cannot modify tag 
"PlanarConfiguration" while writing
ERROR 1: TIFFSetField:VISUAL.tif: Cannot modify tag "BitsPerSample" 
while writing
ERROR 1: TIFFSetField:VISUAL.tif: Cannot modify tag "SamplesPerPixel" 
while writing
ERROR 1: TIFFSetField:VISUAL.tif: Cannot modify tag "Compression" while 
writing
ERROR 1: TIFFSetField:VISUAL.tif: Cannot modify tag 
"PhotometricInterpretation" while writing
ERROR 1: TIFFSetField:VISUAL.tif: Cannot modify tag "SampleFormat" while 
writing
ERROR 1: TIFFSetField:VISUAL.tif: Cannot modify tag "TileWidth" while 
writing
ERROR 1: TIFFSetField:VISUAL.tif: Cannot modify tag "TileLength" while 
writing
ERROR 1: TIFFBuildOverviews:Can not write tiles to a stripped image


Here is my code:

    int OverviewList[5] = { 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 };
    CPLErr overview_err = outDS->BuildOverviews( "AVERAGE_MAGPHASE", 5, 
OverviewList, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL );


I have used BuildOverviews before on HFA images and they are fine. Any idea?

Thanks
Ozy