| 1 | About these files:
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| 3 | These are USGS Image digital elevation model datasets,
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| 4 | reprocessed by SPOT and stored in GeoTIFF georeferenced
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| 5 | format. A valid GeoTIFF 1.0 reader should be able to
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| 6 | handle any of these files (assuming they can handle
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| 7 | 16-bit pixels), without any further metadata.
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| 8 |
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| 9 | The ".txt" files give a metadata dump of the
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| 10 | corresponding. ".tif" datasets. The only difference between
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| 11 | the "m" files and the "i" files is byte-order, which
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| 12 | valid TIFF readers should be able to handle on the fly.
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| 14 | The 16-bit GeoTIFF files are made by Dr. Niles Ritter of
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| 15 | NASA-JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) from inputs provided
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| 16 | by SPOT Image Corporation. These files are available for
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| 17 | public examination, demonstration, or other support
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| 18 | of the GeoTIFF format.
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| 19 |
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| 20 | Please send comments regarding these files to the
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| 21 | GeoTIFF email routing:
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| 22 |
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| 23 | mailto: geotiff-list@tazboy.JPL.NASA.GOV
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| 25 | Comments not for broad distibution may be sent to:
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| 27 | ruth@spot.com
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| 29 | More info about GeoTIFF can be found from the
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| 30 | NASA/JPL GeoTIFF Home Page:
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| 32 | http://www-mipl.jpl.nasa.gov/cartlab/geotiff/geotiff.html
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| 34 | The GeoTIFF page and others are pointed to from the SPOT GeoTIFF page:
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| 36 | http://www.spot.com/anglaise/news/press/devconf/resource.htm
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| 37 |
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| 38 | ... and FAQ:
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| 40 | http://www.spot.com/anglaise/news/press/devconf/gtiffaq.htm
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| 42 | Thanks for your interest in GeoTIFF format.
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| 43 |
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| 44 | ... Mike Ruth
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| 45 | SPOT Image Corp
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