Uncompressing LZW geotiffs

Matt.Wilkie Matt.Wilkie at gov.yk.ca
Tue Apr 17 20:05:12 EDT 2001


> When I use Photoshop to open the geotiff and then save it in 
> uncompressed format, the geotiff header file seems to get tossed.  
> I'd like to work with the tiff in ERDAS Imagine, but need the 
> projection info.  Is my only alternative to create a world file 
> after uncompressing the geotiff?

On Windows, you can use the GeoTiff Examiner tool for reading/writing 
the header info:
http://www.mentorsoftwareinc.com/freebie/free0699.htm


-matt

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