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                Author: ASF GitHub Bot
            Created on: 09/Sep/21 02:22
            Start Date: 09/Sep/21 02:22
    Worklog Time Spent: 10m 
      Work Description: gwlucastrig commented on pull request #165:
URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-imaging/pull/165#issuecomment-915708190


   Sorry, I forgot about the Spotbugs test (did checkstyle, pmd, and findbugs, 
but not Spotbugs).  So I just submitted changes for Spotbugs.  
   
   For reasons of efficiency, the TiffRasterData classes expose arrays directly 
through the API. This approach is reasonable because the raster data classes 
are really just simple containers for transferring image read results to the 
calling application.  Also, since many TIFF rasters consist of literally 100s 
of millions of raster cells, we wish to avoid making redundant copies of data 
in memory.  This rationale is described in the Javadoc for the relevant methods 
with appropriate caveats for developers.


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    Worklog Id:     (was: 648326)
    Time Spent: 20m  (was: 10m)

> Read integer data  from GeoTIFFS
> --------------------------------
>
>                 Key: IMAGING-266
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMAGING-266
>             Project: Commons Imaging
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Format: TIFF
>    Affects Versions: 1.0-alpha3
>            Reporter: Gary Lucas
>            Priority: Major
>          Time Spent: 20m
>  Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> I recently discovered that there is a large amount of digital elevation data 
> available in the form of 16-bit integer coded data in GeoTIFF files (TIFF 
> files with geographic tags).  I propose to enhance the Commons Imaging API to 
> read these files.  This work will be similar to the work I did for reading 
> floating-point raster data under ISSUE-251.
> Available data include the nearly-global coverage of one-second of arc 
> elevation data produced from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and 
> other sources. These products give grids of elevation data with a 30 meter 
> cell spacing for most of the world's land masses. They are available at NASA 
> Earthdata and Japan Space Systems websites, see 
> [https://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gdem.asp|https://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gdem.asp]
>  There is also a ocean bathymetry data set available in this format at 
> [http://www.shadedrelief.com/blue-earth/]
> This new feature will continue to expand the usefulness of the Commons 
> Imaging API in accessing GeoTIFF products.
> Request for Feedback
> So far, the data products I've found (ASTER and Blue Earth Bathymetry) give 
> elevation and ocean depth data in meters recorded as a short integer.  I 
> haven't found an example of where the 32-bit integer format is used.  For 
> now, I am planning on only coding the 16-bit integer variation.  Does anyone 
> know if the 32-bit version is worth supporting?  My criteria for determining 
> that would be based on whether there is a significant number of projects 
> using that format (life is too short to chase rarely used data formats).
> Currently, one of the code-analysis operations conducted by the Commons 
> Imaging build process is coverage by JUnit tests.  Lacking any test data for 
> the 32-bit case, I am reluctant to include it in the code base because it 
> would mean putting uncovered code into the distribution.
> Also, I am wondering about the best design for the access API.  The current 
> TiffImageParser class has a method called getFloatingPointRasterData() that 
> returns an instance of TiffRasterData.  TiffRasterData is pretty much 
> hard-wired to floating point data.  I am thinking of creating a new method 
> called getIntegerRasterData() that would return an instance of a new class 
> called TiffIntegerRasterData. Does this seem reasonable?  I considered trying 
> to combine both kinds of results into a unified class and method, but it 
> seems more unwieldy than useful. 
>  
>  



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