[gdal-dev] Support for Terrain-RGB

[Even Rouault]

Le 05/01/2026 à 22:27, Lars Ahlzen a écrit :
> Hi Even,
>
> On 05/01/2026 14:50, Even Rouault wrote:
>> I would rather see that as a standalone TerrainRGB raster driver, 
>> leveraging the PNG driver underneath.
>
> That was my original thought as well. Then, after thinking about 
> different use cases I thought adding a gdaldem mode would allow for a 
> wider range of workflows.
>
> That said, you probably have a better idea of what would work best for 
> GDAL as a whole, so I can look in that direction.

The rationale behind suggesting a driver rather than a new mode to 
gdaldem is that gdaldem modes are agnostic of the output format. Here it 
is really a file format issue.

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