How to fix a GeoTIFF that has an invalid NO DATA value

When importing a GeoTIFF into a project that you are editing, it can occur that you will receive the following error:

GeoTIFF error panel shown when importing a GeoTIFF with a NODATA-metadata value that is in ','-number notation.

This error means that the metadata of the GeoTIFF for the NODATA value was written in the ','-number notation, instead of the expected '.'-number notation.

It is possible to fix the metadata of a GeoTIFF. You can download the free exiftool program to automatically adjust the NODATA-metadata.

Download url exiftool: [1]

Exiftool's download page. Download the window's zip.

Once downloaded, extract the file

Once downloaded, extract the exiftool from the zip file.

Next, you can create a command file that automatically adjust the NODATA to a valid value: -3.4028229999999999999e+038 (-Infinity)

exiftool.exe nodata_tiff_comma.tiff "-GDALNoData=-3.4028229999999999999e+038"

C:\Users\TYGRON\Downloads\downloadtool\exiftool-12.65\exiftool.exe %1 -GDALNoData=-3.4028229999999999999e+038
pause
C:\Users\TYGRON\Downloads\downloadtool\exiftool-12.65\exiftool.exe %1
pause

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See also

• GeoTIFF
• GeoTIFF Overlay