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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…
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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…