I'm trying to create a raster with signed float values as the pixel values and display the results in MapWindow on windows.
What is the proper gdal band type to use? I've tried both gdal.GDT_Byte and gdal.GDT_Float32 and using both methods I can't seem to get the pixels displayed. If I change the pixel value to the abs() value they will display.
dataset = driver.Create(filename, cols, rows, number_of_bands, gdal.GDT_Byte)
gdal.GDT_CFloat32 allows for negative numbers but doesn't properly display the floating point value past the point.
Best Answer
gdal.GDT_Byte is 8 bit unsigned (0-255). You don't want that. You want gdal.GDT_Float32. If you can't see the result, try calculating statistics -
dataset.ComputeStatistics(0)
- before displaying.