[gdal-dev] Extra Decimal places added to ASCII gdal_translate mosaic

[Jonathan Moules]

Hi Even,
Thanks for the information.


> >
> > I tried the Float64 but the values are identical (16 significant figures)
> > even though the filesize is predictably larger.
> >
> > I guess I'll have to make do, but it does introduce the problem of False
> > Precision.
>
> Very few formats take into account precision. And the GDAL/OGR model has
> currently no explicit support for that.
>

My comment about False Precision was referring to the engineering/science
problem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_precision

In our case this is height data, so now folks will see heights down to...
femtometres?! You and I know that's obviously wrong, but not all users are
quite so technical.

Thanks again,
Jonathan

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