the export map use wrong extension name

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Author Name: aperi2007 - (aperi2007 -)
Original Redmine Issue: 6528
Affected QGIS version: master
Redmine category:rasters

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Hi, exporting a map canvas as image georef in qgis-dev in tif format.
Has a wrong extension for world file.

the file

filename.tif should have a world file named "filename.tfw".
Instead it is named "filename.tifw"
the 'i' should no be in the extension name.

Regards.

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Author Name: aperi2007 - (aperi2007 -)

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I test also qgis 1.8

Also the qgis 1.8 has the same error.

it generate a .tifw instead of a .tfw

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Author Name: Alexander Bruy (@alexbruy)

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According to ESRI specifications this is correct behavior. See "ArcGIS Help":http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=World_files_for_raster_datasets and "EKB 17489":http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/17489

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• resolution was changed from to invalid

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Author Name: Giuseppe Sucameli (@brushtyler)

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• status_id was changed from Rejected to Closed

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Author Name: Giuseppe Sucameli (@brushtyler)

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Alexander Bruy wrote:

According to ESRI specifications this is correct behavior.

I guess it's not the correct behavior. In

"EKB 17489":http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/17489

I read:

The world file must follow this naming convention. If the image file name has a 3-character extension (image1.tif), the world file has the same name followed by an extension containing the first and last letters of the image's extension and ending with a 'w' (image1.tfw). If the extension has more or less than 3 characters, including no extension at all, then the world file name is formed by simply appending a 'w' to the image file name.

Saving as "tif" image I get a "tifw" wordfile though the 'w' is appended to the original extension only when the file hasn't 3-character extension.

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• status_id was changed from Closed to Reopened

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Author Name: Giuseppe Sucameli (@brushtyler)

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• resolution was changed from invalid to

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Author Name: Alexander Bruy (@alexbruy)

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And in ArcGIS Help

world files use the same name as the image, with the letter w appended. For example, the world file for the image file
mytown.tif would be mytown.tifw, and the world file for redlands.jpg would be redlands.jpgw. Often the naming convention
varies from this first description, using the first and third characters of the image file's suffix and a final letter
w as the world file suffix. Therefore, for mytown.tif, the world file would be mytown.tfw, or for redlands.jpg, its world
file would be redlands.jgw.

Same explanation I also see in my ArcGIS 3.2 help. So I still think that this is correct behavior.

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Author Name: Giuseppe Sucameli (@brushtyler)

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Alexander Bruy wrote:

I still think that this is correct behavior.

I agree, I'm closing it.

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