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fix(analysis): break mode ties as GDAL does in Project Raster - #972
Project Raster's mode (#953) took the least of the tied values. gdalwarp -r mode takes the value that reaches the top count first, the cell's pixels taken row by row. On a classified raster, the two rules give a different class wherever a cell has a tie.
The pixels of a cell already reach mode_of row by row, so it now counts them in that order, instead of sorting them, and keeps the first value to reach the top count. A HashMap keeps it linear whatever the number of distinct values. Average, the colour-image handling of see-through pixels, and the other resampling methods are unchanged.
Testing
average_and_mode_take_every_pixel_in_a_cell: the cell of 3, 5, 5, 3 now takes 5, and a mirrored 5, 3, 3, 5 takes 3. On that 4 × 4 raster, gdalwarp -r mode -tr 2 2 gives 5, 7, 1, 4, and 3 for the mirrored cell, on both GDAL 3.12.2 and 3.13.1.
Real data: slope classes of Val Venosta (Byte, 25 m, EPSG:25832, 1865 × 1373) projected to 100 m in the same CRS, against gdalwarp -r mode (GDAL 3.13.1) on RustGIS's output grid.
Over all 9,668 tied cells, GDAL's choice is the value that reaches the top count first, row by row, in every one.
The other cases I compared on the same data are unchanged by this branch: average at 100 m, nearest to EPSG:3035 and EPSG:3003, and bilinear.
CI on my fork (tests on Linux, macOS and Windows, WebAssembly build, pre-commit lint, licences); the build-only Release workflow for the Windows build used above.
docs/user-guide/analysis.md describes the tie rule.
Mode resampling now resolves tied frequencies by selecting the value that first reaches the highest count as pixels are processed row by row, including when pixel order is reversed.
Positive and negative zero are treated as equal when determining the most frequent value, ensuring consistent mode results.
Documentation
Updated the resampling guide to describe the mode tie-breaking behavior and its alignment with GDAL.
Project Raster's mode took the least of the tied values. gdalwarp's
mode takes the value that reaches the top count first, the cell's
pixels taken row by row: on Val Venosta slope classes (25 m to 100 m)
that rule matches GDAL 3.13.1 in all 9,668 tied cells, where the least
value differed in 4,897 cells (3.2 %). The pixels already come row by
row, so mode_of now counts them in that order instead of sorting.
The test's 3, 5, 5, 3 cell now takes 5, and a mirrored 5, 3, 3, 5
takes 3, as gdalwarp -r mode gives on GDAL 3.12.2 and 3.13.1.
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Mode resampling now resolves tied frequencies by selecting the value that first reaches the highest count during row-by-row pixel processing. The implementation, tests, and user guide describe this rule.
The mode calculation counts values without sorting and retains the value that first reaches the highest frequency. It treats -0.0 and 0.0 as equal, accepts an immutable slice, and documents the updated tie rule.
Tie-rule validation crates/analysis/src/warp.rs
Tests check tie resolution for original and reversed pixel orders, the GDAL fixture result, and equality of -0.0 and 0.0.
opengeos/RustGIS#821: This issue specifies the previous least-value tie rule, which this change replaces.
opengeos/RustGIS#973: This issue reports a mode mismatch with GDAL. This change addresses the tie case described in the issue.
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opengeos/RustGIS#953: This PR introduced Method::Mode and its previous tie rule, which this change updates.
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Users may receive incorrect guidance about mode results; the fix is a small help-text update.
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A rabbit counts each pixel in a row, The first to lead the tally gets the show. No sorting shakes the order from its place, Two signed zeroes count as one in the race. GDAL agrees; the tests now make it clear, The guide records the rule for all to hear.
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Nit (quality): this doc line is now over 100 columns, and the paragraph was not rewrapped after the edit. The lines below it still wrap at the old width, so the block reads unevenly. Please rewrap lines 630–633 to the file's width, e.g. move [mode_of] and the rest of the sentence down a line.
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Performance (confidence: medium-low): mode_of now builds a fresh HashMap with SipHash for every cell and every band, and aggregated also allocates the shown Vec on each cell. The old version sorted the slice in place, with no allocation beyond the shown Vec. For a large classified raster at a coarse cell size, that is one hash-map allocation per output cell. This is probably fine for typical rasters, but it is worth a benchmark or a note in the PR. A possible alternative is a sort of (value, first_index) pairs, which keeps the tie rule without hashing.
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Claude autofix (fixed): The initial capacity of the mode_of map is now capped at 256, so a cell with many pixels no longer reserves one slot per pixel. The per-cell map stays because it keeps the tie rule exact. A sort of (value, first index) pairs doesn't give the same result: the tie rule depends on when each value reaches the top count, not on where it first appears. I haven't benchmarked this, since no shell was available here.
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Claude autofix (declined): Not changed. The per-cell map stays because the tie rule depends on when each value reaches the top count, and sorting (value, first index) pairs gives different results. The capacity is now capped (see the next thread).
Bugs: None found. I checked the new tie rule against mode_of: it returns the value whose count first reaches the final maximum, which matches the stated rule. The mode is taken over v in row-major pixel order, because aggregated pushes pixels by j then i. NaN never reaches mode_of, since r.is_valid rejects non-finite values (crates/data/src/raster/mod.rs:439). So the change from the old "NaN is its own run" handling has no effect. The mirrored-cell test case is correct. (Confidence: high.)
Security: None. The change is pure computation, with no input handling or I/O added.
Performance:
mode_of allocates a HashMap with SipHash for every cell and band, on top of the shown Vec that already existed. Inline comment posted at crates/analysis/src/warp.rs:772. (Confidence: medium-low. It is likely fine for typical rasters but is worth a benchmark.)
Quality:
The doc comment at crates/analysis/src/warp.rs:631 is over 100 columns, and the paragraph was not rewrapped after the edit. Inline comment posted. (Confidence: high.)
The mirrored-cell test checks only the top-left cell. Checking one more cell would make the test more robust. (Confidence: low, nit.)
AGENTS.md: No violations found. The changed code has no unwrap, expect, or indexing in non-test code. The change is not a crash fix, so no regression test is required. The docs/user-guide/analysis.md update matches the code.
Not verified: The PR's claim that GDAL 3.12.2 and 3.13.1 choose the same tied values is cited from the PR body. It cannot be reproduced from the repository, so I could not check it. (Confidence in the code logic: high. Confidence in the GDAL match: not assessed.)
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- Line 772: Bound the initial allocation of the frequency map in the code around
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mode_of reserved a map slot for every pixel in a cell, so a coarse
cell over a large classified raster could reserve a lot of memory
before counting started. Cap the initial capacity at 256 and let the
map grow when values are distinct. The tie rule is unchanged.
Also rewrap the aggregated doc paragraph to the file's width.
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Test gap (quality, confidence: high). The + 0.0 in mode_of is what makes -0.0 and 0.0 one value, but no test would fail if it were removed. The cell tests never put a signed zero in a cell. A direct check closes that gap. Without the normalisation, 1.0 (first) and -0.0 each count once, so 1.0 would win.
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let mirrored = project(&utm(4,4, classes,"UInt8"),&g,Method::Mode,"m".into()).unwrap();
assert_eq!(values(&mirrored)[0],Some(3.0));
// -0.0 and 0.0 are one value: the zero reaches two first, the 1 before it doesn't.
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Claude autofix (fixed): Added the suggested check to average_and_mode_take_every_pixel_in_a_cell: mode_of(&[1.0, -0.0, 0.0]) must be 0.0. Without the + 0.0 normalisation the result would be 1.0, so the test now covers it.
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Performance (confidence: low, not measured). This builds a SipHash HashMap for every cell and band, and it hashes every pixel. The old code sorted a slice that the caller had already allocated. For typical cells, which hold a few pixels and a few distinct classes, the allocation and hashing may cost more than the sort did. Worth a quick benchmark on a large classified raster. If it is slower, a small Vec<(u32, usize)> scanned linearly, or one map reused across cells, would avoid the per-cell allocation. The with_capacity(v.len()) also over-reserves, because a class raster has far fewer distinct values than pixels.
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Claude autofix (unclear): Needs a benchmark on a large classified raster before deciding. This change can't be measured here. If it is slower, the options are one map reused across cells (clear between cells) or a linear scan over (value, count) pairs. Both keep the tie rule, so a maintainer should pick one after measuring.
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Nit (quality). This line is longer than its neighbours, so the paragraph's wrapping looks uneven after the edit. Rewrapping the whole comment block at the same width as the rest would fix it.
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Claude autofix (declined): Not changed. The paragraph is already wrapped greedily at the same width, and lines 630 to 632 are within 100 columns. Rewrapping would produce the same lines.
Bugs: None found. The tie rule matches its doc comment. mode_of updates the best value only when a count strictly exceeds the running best, so the winner is the first value to reach the final top count. The pixel loop in aggregated is for j (rows) { for i (cols) }, so the "row by row" claim holds for this code. NaN cannot reach mode_of, because is_valid rejects non-finite values (crates/data/src/raster/mod.rs:453). (confidence: high)
Security: None found. The diff adds no unsafe code, no unwrap, and no external input handling. (confidence: high)
Performance:
mode_of now allocates a SipHash HashMap per cell and band and hashes every pixel. The old code sorted a slice in place. This may be slower on typical small cells, but I have not measured it. (confidence: low) See the inline comment on warp.rs:772.
Quality:
No test exercises the + 0.0 signed-zero normalisation. Removing it would not fail any test. (confidence: high) See the inline comment on warp.rs:1001, which includes a suggested test.
The rewrapped doc comment at warp.rs:631 is longer than its neighbours. (confidence: high, nit) See the inline comment.
AGENTS.md: No violations found. The non-test code adds no unwrap, expect, or unsafe. The docs change matches the code.
Not verified and not a defect:
The GDAL parity claim (9,668 tied cells, and the test values 5, 7, 1, 4) rests on the author's comparison against GDAL 3.12.2 and 3.13.1. I could not check GDAL's behaviour from here because there is no network access. (confidence: medium that the claim holds; not checked)
The categorical cube tool still uses "the least of those tied" (crates/engine/src/cmd/cube.rs:1117, :1127, :1435). Its docs in docs/user-guide/analysis.md:621–628 still match it. This is a scope question, not a defect: confirm the GDAL-style rule was meant only for Project Raster. (confidence: high that it is unchanged)
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Nit (performance, confidence: low-medium): mode_of now builds a fresh HashMap with SipHash for every output cell and band. Before this change the sort ran on a Vec the caller already allocated, so this adds one heap allocation and a hashed insert per pixel per cell. Likely fine for typical rasters, but on a large grid the per-cell allocation is the part to watch. If profiling shows it matters, keep one map in aggregated and clear() it between cells, or count into a small Vec<(u32, usize)> scanned linearly, which is faster when the cell has only a few distinct classes (the common case the comment describes).
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Claude autofix (unclear): Same as the other performance thread: this needs a measurement on a large raster. The cell cap is in place. Reusing one map or a linear scan would change the design, so a maintainer should decide after benchmarking.
Bugs: None found. Checked the tie rule, the row-major pixel order, the -0.0/0.0 handling, and the test arithmetic.
The strict > in mode_of makes the value that first reaches the top count win. 3,5,5,3 gives 5 and 5,3,3,5 gives 3, as the tests say.
aggregated pushes pixels in row-major order (for j outside for i), so "row by row" holds.
Raster::is_valid rejects non-finite values, so NaN never reaches mode_of. The NaN-grouping change from chunk_by to a hash map is therefore harmless. Confidence: high.
x + 0.0 normalises -0.0 to +0.0, so the bit-keyed map treats them as equal, as == did before. Confidence: high.
Security: None found. The change adds no parsing or external input handling.
Performance:
A fresh HashMap (SipHash) is built for every output cell and band. This is posted inline at crates/analysis/src/warp.rs:773. Confidence: low-medium; it matters only on large grids.
Quality:
The shown vector is no longer mutated, so mode_of taking &[f32] is a clean change.
Nit: the GDAL outputs quoted in the test comments (5, 7, 1, 4) and the PR's real-data comparison cannot be reproduced in CI. Confidence: high that this is a limit, not a defect.
Nit: crates/engine/src/cmd/cube.rs:1117, :1127, :1435 and docs/user-guide/analysis.md:621 still say "the least of those tied" for the cube's categorical mode. That tool is outside this PR, so it is not a defect here, but the tie rule now differs between tools. Worth a follow-up issue. Confidence: high.
AGENTS.md:
No unwrap, expect or panic is added to non-test code. The test's unwrap calls predate this change.
The std::collections::HashMap import is wasm-safe.
No new dependency, asset or user-visible string is added, so the tl! and attribution rules do not apply.
Confidence: high.
I did not verify the GDAL tie rule independently, since there is no network access here. The conclusion rests on the author's GDAL 3.12.2 and 3.13.1 comparisons.
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mode_of counts -0.0 and 0.0 as one value through `+ 0.0`, but no test
put a signed zero in a cell, so removing the normalisation went
unnoticed. Assert directly that [1.0, -0.0, 0.0] takes 0.0: without
the normalisation the 1.0 would win.
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Performance (low confidence, not measured): this allocates a HashMap with SipHash for every cell and band the mode path visits, where the old code sorted a buffer in place. The logic is right, but for a large output grid the per-cell allocation and hashing may add up. If it shows up in profiling, one option is to keep one map in aggregated and clear() it per cell, passing it in. Another is to sort (bits, index) pairs: the winner is the value with the highest count whose k-th occurrence comes earliest, which gives the same result with no hashing.
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Claude autofix (declined): Not changed. The reviewer marks this as low confidence and unmeasured, and says the logic is right. The map is capped at 256 initial capacity and only runs for the mode resampling. The sort-based alternative changes the tie rule's code path, and I can't run the tests here to confirm it. If profiling shows this is hot, the clear-and-reuse map is the smaller change and can come with a benchmark.
I found no correctness bugs. I checked the new tie rule by hand: the winner is the value that first reaches the highest count, which matches the logic and the doc comments. The tests cover the 3,5,5,3 and 5,3,3,5 cases, the -0.0/0.0 key, and the existing hostile-input paths.
Bugs
None found. Confidence: high. NaN can't reach mode_of because is_valid filters non-finite values (crates/data/src/raster/mod.rs:456), so the change from sorting to hashing keeps the same results.
Security
None found. Confidence: high. No unwrap, unsafe, or new dependencies. HashMap capacity is capped at min(len, 256).
Performance
Per-cell HashMap allocation with SipHash on the mode path, in place of an in-place sort. Impact is probably small, but it's unmeasured. Confidence: low. Inline comment posted at crates/analysis/src/warp.rs:773.
Quality
The + 0.0 trick for -0.0 is clear and commented, and the test pins it.
Nit: the returned value can still be -0.0 if that is the first zero seen. The old sort also could return it, so this is not a regression. Confidence: high.
Nit: the Capped: comment on line 772 reads as if it explains the cap, but it only explains the capacity. Confidence: medium.
AGENTS.md
Compliant. The docs in docs/user-guide/analysis.md are updated with the rule. No translation strings were needed, and no assets or dependencies changed.
Scope note: the cube's categorical mode (crates/engine/src/cmd/cube.rs:1117, and docs/user-guide/analysis.md:621) still documents "the least of those tied". That is consistent with the cube code, which this PR leaves alone. Please confirm the split is intended. Confidence: medium.
Not verified in this review: the GDAL outputs cited in the tests and PR body (gdalwarp -r mode, 3.12.2 and 3.13.1) and the Val Venosta comparison. I had no network or GDAL access, so those rest on the author's report.
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The command help says mode selects “the least of those tied”, but the implementation selects the tied value that reaches the highest count first in row-by-row order. Users can therefore receive incorrect guidance about raster.project results.
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- r#"{"layer": raster, "crs"?: EPSG code or "EPSG:n" of the output (default the layer's), "cellSize"?: number or [x, y] in the output's units (default about the layer's pixel there), "origin"?: [x, y] a cell corner falls on (default [0, 0], so grids of the same cellSize line up), "extent"?: polygon layer (its selected or all features' bounds) | [west, south, east, north] in degrees | "view" (default the layer's footprint), "grid"?: raster layer whose coordinate system, cells and extent are taken exactly (instead of crs, cellSize, origin and extent), "resampling"?: "nearest" (default) | "bilinear" | "cubic" | "average" (the mean of the pixels whose centres fall in a cell) | "mode" (their most frequent value, the least of those tied), "name"?: new layer (default "<layer> projected"), "path"?: GeoTIFF to write it to}"#,+ r#"{"layer": raster, "crs"?: EPSG code or "EPSG:n" of the output (default the layer's), "cellSize"?: number or [x, y] in the output's units (default about the layer's pixel there), "origin"?: [x, y] a cell corner falls on (default [0, 0], so grids of the same cellSize line up), "extent"?: polygon layer (its selected or all features' bounds) | [west, south, east, north] in degrees | "view" (default the layer's footprint), "grid"?: raster layer whose coordinate system, cells and extent are taken exactly (instead of crs, cellSize, origin and extent), "resampling"?: "nearest" (default) | "bilinear" | "cubic" | "average" (the mean of the pixels whose centres fall in a cell) | "mode" (their most frequent value, the one that reaches the top count first), "name"?: new layer (default "<layer> projected"), "path"?: GeoTIFF to write it to}"#,
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Review comment at @docs/user-guide/analysis.md around lines 500 - 509:
Update the raster.project resampling help so `mode` describes the tied value
that reaches the highest count first, rather than saying it selects the least
tied value. Keep the explanation consistent with the implementation’s row-by-row
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- Around line 500-509: Update the raster.project resampling help so `mode`
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Nit (performance, low confidence): this builds a default-hasher (SipHash) HashMap for every cell and band, and hashes every pixel. The old code sorted in place with no extra allocation. The cost is probably small at typical cell sizes (about 16 pixels per cell in the PR's example), but it adds up on large rasters with coarse cells. A map reused across cells, or a small linear table of (bits, count) pairs, would avoid the per-cell allocation. Not a blocker; the tie rule itself is correct.
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Claude autofix (declined): Not changing this. The map is capped at 256 entries, and the tie rule needs first-seen order, which an in-place sort would lose. A linear table of (bits, count) pairs would go quadratic on large cells with many distinct values, so the hash map is the safer trade-off here. The tie rule itself is unaffected.
Bugs: None found. The tie rule is implemented as described. Pixels are collected row by row (warp.rs ~680–706), and mode_of updates the winner only on a strict >, so the value that first reaches the final top count wins. I checked the two hand-worked examples in the new test (3, 5, 5, 3 → 5; 5, 3, 3, 5 → 3) and both are correct. NaN cannot reach mode_of, because is_valid (crates/data/src/raster/mod.rs:453) rejects non-finite values. The + 0.0 key correctly merges −0.0 and 0.0.
Security: None found. No new input handling, parsing, or I/O.
Performance: One low-confidence nit (inline comment posted at crates/analysis/src/warp.rs:773). mode_of allocates a SipHash HashMap per cell and band. The old sort did not allocate, so this costs some time on large rasters with coarse cells. Confidence: low.
Quality: Nothing blocking. The + 0.0 trick is commented. mode_of is now non-mutating, so its callers no longer sort anything. One note: mode_of returns the first-seen sign of zero (−0.0 or 0.0), which depends on pixel order. The value is numerically equal, so this is harmless.
AGENTS.md: Compliant. There are no new unwrap, expect, or panic calls in non-test code, and no unsafe. The new code uses std::collections::HashMap, which is wasm-safe. The docs and the rustdoc match the new rule.
Scope note (not a finding): The cube tool (crates/engine/src/cmd/cube.rs, around lines 1117, 1127, 1435) still documents "the least of those tied" for its categorical mode and majority. This PR leaves that unchanged. That is probably intended, since it is a separate tool, but the reviewer may want to confirm.
Verification gap: The GDAL parity claims (5, 7, 1, 4 on the 4×4 example, and 0 differing cells on the Val Venosta data) come from the PR author's runs. I could not reproduce them here. The in-repo test pins the 4×4 case.
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Performance (confidence medium-low): this allocates a new HashMap with default SipHash for every output cell and band, and hashes every pixel. The old in-place sort reused values and did no per-cell allocation. The total work is still linear in the pixel count, so this is probably small on typical rasters. On a large grid with many cells it adds up, though. If it shows in profiling, keep one map in aggregated, clear() it per cell, and reuse it across bands. Otherwise the current code is clear and correct.
Bugs: None found. I checked the tie rule and the edge cases:
mode_of updates the best value only on a strict increase, so it returns the first value to reach the final top count. That matches the PR's rule, and the 3,5,5,3 and 5,3,3,5 examples work.
Pixels are visited row by row (outer j, inner i), so the order matches the PR's claim.
NaN and infinite values never reach mode_of, because is_valid rejects non-finite values. The NaN fallback only covers the empty case.
(x + 0.0).to_bits() merges -0.0 and 0.0, and the test checks that merge.
I could not verify the GDAL comparison (no network). The 9,668-cell comparison and the 0-mismatch result are the author's evidence, not something I reproduced.
Security: None found.
Performance (confidence medium-low):mode_of now builds a new HashMap with SipHash for every output cell and band, and hashes every pixel. The old in-place sort reused buffers. The work is still linear in pixel count, so the cost is probably small. It could add up on large grids. Inline comment posted on crates/analysis/src/warp.rs:773.
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(nit, confidence high) Since mode_of no longer sorts, values.iter_mut() at crates/analysis/src/warp.rs:709 can be values.iter(). I could not post this inline because line 709 is not in the diff's changed lines. Suggested replacement: for (b, (((o, v), k), sum)) in cell.iter_mut().zip(values.iter()).zip(&weights).zip(&sums).enumerate() {
(note, confidence high) docs/user-guide/analysis.md:621 and crates/engine/src/cmd/cube.rs:1117 still describe mode as "the least of those tied" for the cube tool. The PR changes warp's mode, so the same doc now describes two different tie rules for "mode". The PR does not have to fix this, but the divergence is worth a decision.
AGENTS.md: Compliant as far as I can see. The non-test code has no unwrap, expect, panic, or indexing. There is no unsafe, no new dependency, no new user-facing strings, and no assets. The new test indexing (classes[..2]) is in test code.
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Compared with: the whole PR against main (merge base 6a5ea1a to PR head 84f02f0).
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mode(#953) took the least of the tied values.gdalwarp -r modetakes the value that reaches the top count first, the cell's pixels taken row by row. On a classified raster, the two rules give a different class wherever a cell has a tie.The pixels of a cell already reach
mode_ofrow by row, so it now counts them in that order, instead of sorting them, and keeps the first value to reach the top count. AHashMapkeeps it linear whatever the number of distinct values. Average, the colour-image handling of see-through pixels, and the other resampling methods are unchanged.Testing
average_and_mode_take_every_pixel_in_a_cell: the cell of 3, 5, 5, 3 now takes 5, and a mirrored 5, 3, 3, 5 takes 3. On that 4 × 4 raster,gdalwarp -r mode -tr 2 2gives 5, 7, 1, 4, and 3 for the mirrored cell, on both GDAL 3.12.2 and 3.13.1.gdalwarp -r mode(GDAL 3.13.1) on RustGIS's output grid.Over all 9,668 tied cells, GDAL's choice is the value that reaches the top count first, row by row, in every one.
averageat 100 m,nearestto EPSG:3035 and EPSG:3003, andbilinear.docs/user-guide/analysis.mddescribes the tie rule.Related issue
Part of #821 (follows #953).
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