id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc 2605,gdal_merge.py stripping out color info,mbuchoff,hobu,"Hi. I generated 2 bitmaps from CADRG's using: gdal_translate.exe A.TOC output.bmp -sds The output was: Input file size is 6144, 7680 0...10...20...30...40...50...60...70...80...90...100 - done. Input file size is 6144, 1536 0...10...20...30...40...50...60...70...80...90...100 - done. and output.bmp1 and output.bmp2 were generated, both with 24-bit color. When I typed: python gdal_merge.py output.bmp1 output.bmp2 I got back a file, out.tif that was black and white. I've repeated this test using .png's and .tif's as intermediates, as well as using them out the final output format. I've also tried gdal_merge.py with just one input file, but no matter what, I still get a black and white image. Is this an actual bug or could I be misconfigured (I'm working in Windows XP using GDAL 1.5.2). If so, is there a workaround for this? Thanks in advance. Michael Buchoff",defect,closed,normal,1.5.3,PythonBindings,unspecified,normal,invalid,,