Ah, interesting.  Just to check I've understood this correctly:

1) A coverage represented internally by a grid (e.g. numerical model
output, digital photo or satellite image) is a type of
DiscreteCoverage in ISO19123 (perhaps a DiscreteGridPointCoverage)?

2) For a DiscreteCoverage, if I ask for a value at a point that
doesn't correspond exactly with a grid point I will get the value from
the nearest grid point (i.e. nearest-neighbour interpolation).  Or do
I actually get null?

3) However, in GeoTools, the DiscreteCoverages are not implemented.
The GridCoverage2D class does not implement ISO19123 interfaces but it
is effectively a discrete coverage that performs nearest-neighbour
interpolation.

4) If I want bilinear (or bicubic or anything else) interpolation then
I need to take my GridCoverage2D and somehow convert it to an
Interpolator2D.  How do I do this?

Another question: Is it possible to have different interpolation
methods in different directions (e.g. nearest-neighbour in the
horizontal, linear in the vertical)?

Cheers, Jon

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Martin Desruisseaux
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>
> Andy Turner a écrit :
>> I think a continuous coverage is one where for any location a value is 
>> obtained by interpolation and that for a discrete coverage the value at any 
>> point is known directly. (The distinction, continuous or discrete is nothing 
>> to do with the values attributed to the coverage.)
>
> Yes it is also my understanding. It GeoTools implementation, GridCoverage2D
> (without subclassing) would be a discrete coverage (minus tricky boundary 
> issues
> like the ones you mentioned) while Interpolator2D would be a continuous
> coverage. But at this time GeoTools does not implement ISO interfaces that 
> way.
> However this is something we would like to do in the future.
>
>        Martin
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