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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I am posting this again without test files attached due the 50K
size limit. Anyone who wants to see them, please contact me directly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>--</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We have observed interesting anomaly with gdal_contour when one
of the fixed levels is zero.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>If the zero contour is expressed as 0.0 (or indeed 0.0000)
gdal_contour replies with the standard Usage message (see below). If the zero
contour is expressed as the integer 0 (or 0.00000001) it works and produces the
expected contours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>FAILURE WITH FIXED LEVEL == 0.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>nielso@shiva:~$ gdal_contour
-fl&nbsp; -0.5 0.0 0.5 test_file.tif test_file.shp<br>
Usage: gdal_contour [-b &lt;band&gt;] [-a &lt;attribute_name&gt;] [-3d]
[-inodata]<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
[-snodata n] [-f &lt;formatname&gt;] [-i &lt;interval&gt;]<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
[-off &lt;offset&gt;] [-fl &lt;level&gt; &lt;level&gt;...]<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
[-nln &lt;outlayername&gt;]<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&lt;src_filename&gt; &lt;dst_filename&gt;<br>
<br>
<span style='color:#1F497D'>SUCCESS WITH FIXED LEVEL == 0</span><br>
nielso@shiva:~$ gdal_contour -fl&nbsp; -0.5 0 0.5 test_file.tif test_file.shp<br>
0...10...20...30...40...50...60...70...80...90...100 - done.<span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Has anyone else seen this
problem?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ole<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dr Ole Nielsen<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Numerical Modeller<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Australia-Indonesia
Facility for Disaster Reduction<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Mobile: +62 811 820 4637 | Phone: +62 21 398 30088 x1007 | Fax:
+62 21 398 30068<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><img width=624 height=131 id="Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01CB8D6E.EB561F80"
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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