1999.06.09 06:50 "Re: Large File Support", by Owen Pearn

"Within the remote sensing, and photogrammetry community the 4GB limit is becoming significant already"

This was an issue that came up in the ISO task force working on TIFF/IT-P2.

Does anybody on this list have a sense of how important the file size limit is in graphic arts applications? (I can't see anyone doing remote sensing using TIFF/IT!)

it's important for us. we manipulate image files for film recorders. at the limit, they can do 3000 dpi. for a 22 by 33 inch print, that's 22 * 3000 * 33 * 3000 = 6534000000 dots = 6534000000 * 3 = 19602000000 bytes = 19.6 GB uncompressed. i think. that would be exceptional, but not unachievable.

-o-