Specification Version: 1.8.2 Last Modified: 28 December, 2000
Dr. Niles Ritter (formerly of Jet Propulsion Laboratory) email:ritter@earthlink.net Mike Ruth, SPOT Image Corp Product Development Group 1897 Preston White Dr. Reston, VA 22091 email:ruth@spot.com
GeoTIFF Working Group:
Mike Ruth, Niles Ritter, Ed Grissom, Brett Borup, George Galang,
John Haller, Gary Stephenson, Steve Covington, Tim Nagy,
Jamie Moyers, Jim Stickley,Joe Messina, Yves Somer.
Additional advice from discussions with Tom Lane, Sam Leffler regarding
TIFF implementations.
Roger Lott, Fredrik Lundh, and Jarle Land provided valuable information
regarding projections, projection code databases and geodetics.
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This proposal has not been approved by SPOT, JPL, or any other organization. This represents a proposal, which derives from many discussions between an international body of TIFF users and developers.
The authors and their sponsors assume no liability for any special, incidental, indirect or consequences of any kind, or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether or not advised of the possibility of damage, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use of this specification.
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The following members of the GeoTIFF working group have reviewed and approved of this revision.
Name Organization Representing -------------------- ----------------------- ------------ Niles Ritter Jet Propulsion Labs JPL Carto Group Mike Ruth SPOT Image Corp. (USA) SPOT Image Corp. (USA)