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Gary Lucas updated IMAGING-311:
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    Description: 
I propose to extend Commons Imaging to support reading TIFF files that contain 
floating-point formats that feature more than one sample.  The ability to 
support floating-point samples was introduced in  
[ISSUE-251|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMAGING-251].  But that 
implementation was limited to only those files that provided a single sample 
per raster cell (e.g. "a single sample per pixel"). The ability to read files 
with multiple samples per raster cell would extend the usefulness of the 
Commons Imaging API, particularly for geophysical applications.

If anyone knows of good sources for test TIFF files that use this format, 
please let me know.

*Background*

In addition to conventional image data, TIFF files can provide floating-point 
numerical information.  This feature is often used for geophysical data (in 
GeoTIFF files), but can also be applied to other uses.  Although the existing 
implementation can support files which give a single value per raster cell, 
there are some products that carry multiple samples per cell. Examples include 
products that give both a measured value and a corresponding accuracy estimate 
(i.e. 245.6 meters plus or minus 0.5 meters). Some geophysical products give 
vectors (gravitational potential, wind vectors, ocean currents, etc.).

Changes would involve extensions to the classes in the TIFF datareader package 
as well as the TiffRasterData class.

  was:
I propose to extend Commons Imaging to support reading TIFF files that contain 
floating-point formats that feature more than one sample.  The ability to 
support floating-point samples was introduced in  
[ISSUE-251|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMAGING-251].  But this 
implementation was limited to only those files that provided a single sample 
per raster cell (e.g. "a single sample per pixel"). The ability to read files 
with multiple samples per raster cell would extend the usefulness of the 
Commons Imaging API, particularly for geophysical applications.

If anyone knows of good sources for test TIFF files that use this format, 
please let me know.

*Background*

In addition to conventional image data, TIFF files can provide floating-point 
numerical information.  This feature is often used for geophysical data (in 
GeoTIFF files), but can also be applied to other uses.  Although the existing 
implementation can support files which give a single value per raster cell, 
there are some products that carry multiple samples per cell. Examples include 
products that give both a measured value and a corresponding accuracy estimate 
(i.e. 245.6 meters plus or minus 0.5 meters). Some geophysical products give 
vectors (gravitational potential, wind vectors, ocean currents, etc.).

Changes would involve extensions to the classes in the TIFF datareader package 
as well as the TiffRasterData class.


> Read TIFFs with multiple floating-point samples
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>
>                 Key: IMAGING-311
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMAGING-311
>             Project: Commons Imaging
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Format: TIFF
>    Affects Versions: 1.0-alpha3
>         Environment: 
> [IMAGING-251|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMAGING-251]
>            Reporter: Gary Lucas
>            Priority: Major
>
> I propose to extend Commons Imaging to support reading TIFF files that 
> contain floating-point formats that feature more than one sample.  The 
> ability to support floating-point samples was introduced in  
> [ISSUE-251|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMAGING-251].  But that 
> implementation was limited to only those files that provided a single sample 
> per raster cell (e.g. "a single sample per pixel"). The ability to read files 
> with multiple samples per raster cell would extend the usefulness of the 
> Commons Imaging API, particularly for geophysical applications.
> If anyone knows of good sources for test TIFF files that use this format, 
> please let me know.
> *Background*
> In addition to conventional image data, TIFF files can provide floating-point 
> numerical information.  This feature is often used for geophysical data (in 
> GeoTIFF files), but can also be applied to other uses.  Although the existing 
> implementation can support files which give a single value per raster cell, 
> there are some products that carry multiple samples per cell. Examples 
> include products that give both a measured value and a corresponding accuracy 
> estimate (i.e. 245.6 meters plus or minus 0.5 meters). Some geophysical 
> products give vectors (gravitational potential, wind vectors, ocean currents, 
> etc.).
> Changes would involve extensions to the classes in the TIFF datareader 
> package as well as the TiffRasterData class.



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