[GRASS5] r.rescale range question

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 02:39:36PM +0000, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Markus Neteler wrote:
> 
> > while looking at r.rescale I found
> > 
> >  r.rescale [-q] input=name [from=min,max] output=name [to=min,max]
> >    [title="phrase"]
> > 
> > [...] 
> >       to   The output data range
> >            default: 1,255
> > 
> > This range looks a bit unusual. Shouldn't it be 8bit = 0..255?
> 
> I would guess that it's a leftover from when zero was null.
> 
> Personally, I would suggest just making the "to" option mandatory. I
> can't see why 255 is any more suitable as a default than any other
> value.

Thanks for all suggestions. I have updated module and html page
making the "to" option mandatory.

Cheers,

 Markus