Display GeoTIFF-data (>8bit) with the Mapserver

[Till Adams]

Wolfgang Qual wrote:

> We purchased IKONOS-Satellite images (data format GeoTIFF, 16bit) and
> would like to get it into a mapserver map. However, this data is not
> supported by the mapserver. We got the error message:
> "drawTIFF(): Image handling error. Only 1, 4, and 8-bit images are
> supported."
> Tried to make a 8bit GeoTIFF of it using the gdal-utility rgb2pct.py,
> but it just produced strange results (strange colors).
>
> Anybody there, who managed it to put such data into a mapserver map? How
> can I produce a nice 8-bit image of the data without losing the
> information of the satellite image?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Wolfgang Qual
>
Dear Mr. Qual,

we put an ikonos image of southern cologne into umn (v4.0/4.25/4.4) and
had no problems - we
converted it with IrfanView (running per wine under my mandrake ;-)) and
still
can see the waterbubbles behind the ships on the Rhine.

Greetings from Bonn,

Till Adams

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Mit freundlichen Grüssen aus Bonn,

Till Adams

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