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| author | Joris Van Damme <joris.at.lebbeke@skynet.be> | 2007-05-18 12:34:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Joris Van Damme <joris.at.lebbeke@skynet.be> | 2007-05-18 12:34:54 +0000 |
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site update containing BigTIFF press release
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diff --git a/html/bigtiffpr.html b/html/bigtiffpr.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..db9b70f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/html/bigtiffpr.html @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <title>Extending LibTiff library with support for the new BigTIFF format</title> + <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> + <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en"> +</head> +<body lang="en" text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff" link="#0000ff" alink="#0000ff" vlink="#0000ff"> + <h1>Extending LibTiff library with support for the new BigTIFF format</h1> + <p> + <a href="http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/">LibTiff</a> maintainers have started work on LibTiff 4.0, + the next major upgrade of the time-proven <a href="http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff.html">TIFF</a> + codec. This upgrade will include support for the new BigTIFF file format. It is planned a preliminary + version (LibTiff 4.0alpha1) will be operational by June 15, 2007. Testing and final release improvements + for LibTiff 4.0 will be completed by July 30, 2007. + </p> + <p> + BigTIFF logically extends the original TIFF file format (referred to as 'ClassicTIFF' from now on), + breaking the 4 gigabyte boundary, with 64bit offsets allowing files up to 18,000 petabytes in size. The + BigTIFF specification is the result of work by a variety of parties on the LibTiff mailing list, including + the current LibTiff maintainers, Joris Van Damme and Adobe staff. The BigTIFF specification has not yet + been officially approved by the TIFF specification owner (Adobe), but implementation within LibTiff + could accelerate that process. For more information on the BigTIFF file format, we recommend AWare Systems' + <a href="http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/bigtiff.html">BigTIFF page</a>. + </p> + <p> + BigTIFF will be especially useful for people and vendors that are confronted with very large images, and + still seek to use an open, simple, and extendable format. This requirement is frequently encountered in the + geospatial field, but also concerns large format scanners, medical imaging and other fields. + </p> + <p> + The LibTiff BigTIFF upgrade is made possible by four sponsors funding the project. The programming work will + primarily be done by <a href="http://www.awaresystems.be/index.html">Joris Van Damme (AWare Systems)</a>. + LibTiff's licensing agreement will remain unchanged. More details on the project itself, are available from + the <a href="http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/BigTIFFProposal.html">BigTIFF in LibTiff project page</a>. + </p> + <p> + The sponsors are, in alphabetical order: + </p> + <table cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" border="0"> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td><img src="bigtiffpr_images/esri.png" width="128" height="78" alt="ESRI" border="0"></td> + <td><a href="http://www.esri.com/">ESRI</a> has been giving customers around the world the power to + think and plan geographically since 1969. As the leader in GIS, ESRI applies innovative technologies to help + organizations create, analyze, and visualize information for more informed decisions. Running on more than + a million desktops and thousands of servers, ESRI applications are the foundation of the world's mapping and + spatial analysis infrastructure.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><img src="bigtiffpr_images/leica.png" width="128" height="85" alt="Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging" border="0"></td> + <td><a href="http://gi.leica-geosystems.com/default.aspx">Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging</a> offers a + range of workflow solutions for photogrammetry, mapping, remote sensing, catalog management and exploitation + of geospatial imagery. Enterprise organizations use this imagery as the basis for generating information for + both education and decision making processes. Those who use Leica Geosystems products every day trust them + for their precision, seamless integration, interoperability and superior customer support.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><img src="bigtiffpr_images/safe.png" width="128" height="53" alt="Safe Software" border="0"></td> + <td><a href="http://www.safe.com/">Safe Software</a> is the maker of FME, a powerful spatial ETL (Extract, + Transform and Load) tool that enables true data interoperability. FME manages the translation, + transformation, integration and web-based distribution of geospatial data in 200 GIS, CAD, raster and + database formats. Safe Software's FME technology is also embedded in numerous market-leading GIS and + ETL applications.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><img src="bigtiffpr_images/weogeo.png" width="128" height="37" alt="WeoGeo" border="0"></td> + <td><a href="http://www.weogeo.com/">WeoGeo</a> is a web-based data management resource for the geospatial + industry that allows the free market exchange of mapping related imagery products, featuring an innovative + solution that efficiently manages digital mapping files of any size. With an intuitive user interface + and the scalable power of Amazon Web Services (AWS), geospatial professionals can view, sort, search, + and share complex, high volume maps quickly and effectively.</td> + </tr> + </tbody> + </table> +</body> +</html>
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