From 294552bc686ceacb1d4b62ed5a6fd089f029d2c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Bell Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 14:04:49 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add doc describing raster type limitation for writers.gdal. --- doc/stages/writers.gdal.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/stages/writers.gdal.rst b/doc/stages/writers.gdal.rst index 18efa48174..41f35b4a87 100644 --- a/doc/stages/writers.gdal.rst +++ b/doc/stages/writers.gdal.rst @@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ writers.gdal ================================================================================ The `GDAL`_ writer creates a raster from a point cloud using an interpolation -algorithm. Output is produced using GDAL and can therefore use any `driver -that supports creation of rasters`_. +algorithm. Output is produced using GDAL and can theoretically use any `driver +that supports creation of rasters`_. Currently, PDAL only supports writing +double-precision rasters, which limits the number of drivers that can in +practice be used. .. _`GDAL`: http://gdal.org .. _`driver that supports creation of rasters`: http://www.gdal.org/formats_list.html