[gdal-dev] Getting error with gdaladdo on Tiff files

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Stephen Woodbridge
> <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a few Spot image files and ran the following. Is there a good way to
>> check the integrity of the original image. Should I have used some other
>> options?
> 
> Steve,
> 
> I imagine the problem is due to a broken system libtiff.  You
> can check the integrity of the original file using:
> 
>   gdalinfo -checksum file1.tif
> 
> I would suggest trying to rebuild GDAL using the internal libtiff.  The
> system libtiff often has subtle issues with overview building which
> requires zipping back and forth between the base and overview
> image when doing io.
> 
> Best regards,

Frank,

Thanks, I'll rebuild from source instead of using the Debian package and 
see if that solves the problem.

Many thanks,
   -Steve