[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #73: r.out.gdal tiff output does not work

[GRASS GIS]

#73: r.out.gdal tiff output does not work
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  Reporter:  helena       |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  critical     |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  Raster       |     Version:  svn-trunk                
Resolution:               |    Keywords:  r.out.gdal, tiff         
  Platform:  Unspecified  |         Cpu:  Unspecified              
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Comment (by mlennert):

 Replying to [comment:34 mmetz]:
 > Replying to [comment:33 mlennert]:
 > > From the discussion, I gather that most of the problem is not a bug in
 r.out.gdal, but rather the incapacity of certain viewers to display
 certain types of data.
 >
 > Yes, that's one problem, but a problem of the viewers. Standard image
 viewers or editors like GIMP can only read type BYTE, and probably only 1
 band or 3 bands in e.g. a tiff. Other types (e.g. INT16, FLOAT32) are not
 supported by these image viewers. Not sure about the number of bands.
 >
 > GIS software can usually both read, analyse, and visualize georeferenced
 raster data as produced by r.out.gdal. The tiff colortable problem is
 already solved. Some tests are in comment 13:
 >
 > http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/73#comment:13

 Well, is this still an open bug then, or can we close it ? Or at least
 downgrade it so that it doesn't block 6.4 release ?

 Moritz

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