Author: Jarrett Keifer
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Beyond the default: a modern guide to raster compression
We discuss community concerns surrounding raster compression and key metrics for evaluating compression effectiveness.
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Beyond the default: a modern guide to raster compression
We discuss community concerns surrounding raster compression and key metrics for evaluating compression effectiveness.
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Chunks and Chunkability: An Origin Story
If you accept that we are living through the Tyranny of the Chunk, then you might be wondering how we got to this place. Who created the first chunks and what was their motivation? As we explore the history of different data formats we’ll see recurring patterns of thinking around how much information to consolidate…
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Chunks and Chunkability: Tyranny of the Chunk
We discuss our attempt to understand chunks and chunking more deeply including where we are today and where we might go from here.
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Is Zarr the new COG?
Just to be upfront and get it out there: no. Despite what you may have heard, Zarr is not (yet) a replacement for the Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) format. Zarr is great for Level 3 and Level 4 n-dimensional data cubes. COG is great for Level 1, Level 2, and other non-data-cube rasters. Enthusiastic Zarr users…
