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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Bill</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the answer (from the TIF FAQ)
:</FONT></DIV>
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<P align=justify><A name=_Toc92601402><A name=_Toc92602838><A
name=_Toc92603125>What is the maximum size of a TIFF
file?</A></A></A></P></B></U></FONT>
<P align=justify>The format uses 32bit offsets, and as such, it is limited to 4
gigabytes. Many implementations handle these offsets using signed integers, and
thus support files of up to 2 gigabytes, but the only real limit resulting from
the format specification is 4 gigabytes. </P>
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<A title=Bill.Shelley@gi.leica-geosystems.com
href="mailto:Bill.Shelley@gi.leica-geosystems.com">Bill Shelley</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=geotiff@lists.maptools.org
href="mailto:geotiff@lists.maptools.org">geotiff@lists.maptools.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 23, 2005 2:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Geotiff] GeoTIFF Size
Limit</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am under the impression that the
size limit on a GeoTIFF (or any TIFF) is either 2G or 4G. Is this still
true, and if so is it 2G or 4G?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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Shelley</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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Geospatial Imaging</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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22312 USA<BR>TEL +1 703 354 7415 FAX 703 354
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