[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #2932: GdalTools: improve Build Overviews dialog by adding more options, and translatable Translate dialog

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#2932: GdalTools: improve Build Overviews dialog by adding more options, and
translatable Translate dialog
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   Reporter:  dcarreira         |              Owner:  brushtyler   
       Type:  patch             |             Status:  assigned     
   Priority:  minor: annoyance  |          Milestone:  Version 1.6.0
  Component:  Build/Install     |            Version:  Trunk        
   Keywords:  GdalTools, GDAL   |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All               |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                 |  
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Comment(by dcarreira):

 Replying to [comment:1 brushtyler]:
 > Should the JPEG quality be enabled only if the "Overviews in TIFF with
 JPEG compression" is checked, isn't it?
 >
 > And if the input image is not a GeoTIFF, what happen? We should disable
 the "Overviews in TIFF..." checkbox in that case.
 > By testing the input file format, if it's not Erdas Imagine we can
 disable/enable also the "overview in .aux file".

 I think external ovrs are always in a tiff file, that can have a jpeg
 compression. gdaladdo page states that:
 "(...)file with the extension .ovr that is actually in TIFF format"

 And an ERDAS file can be created instead. So the option "Overviews in
 TIFF..." should always be available.
 The same would apply to the Erdas option. It should be available
 regardless of the original's format.

 I'm not sure what GDAL does if the original file is a MrSID, ECW or JP2,
 which have internal overviews already. Can it create external ovrvs? I
 don't know. Maybe in this case, JPEG compression would not work?

 As for the sub-option "JPEG Quality", I think it only makes sense when you
 choose to create the external ovr with JPEG compression, so it seems
 correct to me as it is.
 >
 > We have to mind about this before applying the patch. Your opinions?

 I confess I did not try to catch incompatible settings, since GDAL will
 catch those already and GdalTools reports those errors to the user.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2932#comment:2>
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