[R-sig-Geo] RASTER or RGDAL package

[Carsten Neumann]

  Am 14.01.2011 15:13, schrieb Malik Shahzad:
> Dear mailing list.. Please give me some information.
> Which one is best fit for Remote Sensing Data RASTER or RGDAL package???
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> with Best Regards,
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> Malik
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Dear Malik,

to handle large datasets package raster is the best solution. Using 
rgdal causes memory error because data is directly read into memory. 
Especially multidimesnional remote sensing images are characterized by a 
huge amount of data that has to be processed. The package raster allows 
to read and process blocks of data from a path where your image is 
stored on disc. Additionally you can use rgdal drivers in raster  to 
store your processed image result in different formats.

With best regards

Carsten