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Martin Bailey wrote:
> 
> At 14:14 08/06/99 -0700, Peter Smith wrote:
> >"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-
 
> Regards
> 
> Martin Bailey
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