| 1 | = RFC 14: NoData Bitmasks = |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Author: Frank Warmerdam[[BR]] |
| 4 | Contact: warmerdam@pobox.com[[BR]] |
| 5 | Status: Development |
| 6 | |
| 7 | == Summary == |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Some file formats support a concept of a bitmask to identify pixels that are not valid data. This can be particularly valuable with byte image formats where a nodata pixel value can not be used because all pixel values have a valid meaning. This RFC tries to formalize a way of recognising and accessing such nodata bitmasks through the GDAL API. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | == |
| 12 | |
| 13 | {{{ |
| 14 | virtual CPLErr BitmaskIO( GDALRWFlag, int, int, int, int, |
| 15 | GByte *, int, int, GDALDataType, |
| 16 | int, int *, int, int, int ); |
| 17 | }}} |
| 18 | |
| 19 | |
| 20 | == Implementation Plan == |
| 21 | |
| 22 | This change will be implemented by Frank Warmerdam in trunk in time for the 1.5.0 release. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | == SWIG Implications == |
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| 26 | |
| 27 | == Testing == |