Importing compressed TIFF files

[Malcolm Williamson]

Hi, Louis
Try converting the TIFF file to uncompressed, using a tool such as XV or 
pbmplus. I've had bad luck with compressed TIFF files and r.in.tiff.

Regards,
        -Malcolm

On 
Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Louis Clarke wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I wish to import a standard TIFF 6.0 8-bit color pallette packbit compressed 
> file into GRASS.  I pulled the r.in.tiff_sun file off the moon and attempted 
> to pull this into GRASS.  The r.in.tiff_sun did not work with this file, it 
> errored out.
> 
> Does anyone know how to read this type of compressed file directly into GRASS
 
> or through an intermediate program?  There is also a TIFF World File which 
> contains the affine transformation coordinates needed to allow ERDAS, 
> ArcInfo, and ArcView to treat the .tif file as a geo-referenced raster image.
  
> I wish to create a cellhd file that will give the imported TIFF image 
> geo-references.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
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