GigaPX Tools - Solutions for gigapixel images
Introduction
The libtiff library is an open-source cross-platform library which enables applications to read and write images stored in TIFF files. (TIFF = Tagged Image File Format.) The TIFF file format is a widely accepted standard, supported by many applications on a wide range of platforms due to its capabilities and flexibility. Please see the libtiff home page for more information about libtiff and to download source code, executable libraries, and documentation.
Until recently TIFF files were limited in size to 4GB. A new version of libtiff has been created which supports BigTIFF files - TIFF files which are larger than 4GB. The new version is backward-compatible with previous versions and in many cases applications will not have to change at all in order to read or write BigTIFF files. In other cases the modifications required will be minor.
GigaPX Tools - Solutions for gigapixel images